Legal Administrator Apprentice (Canford Cliffs Office) Poole, England
Job description
We are one of the fastest growing and highly regarded law firms in the South with eight offices across Dorset and Hampshire. Due to our expansion, we are looking to take on a highly motivated Legal Administrator Apprentice to join our friendly team in Canford Cliffs Office.
Key Responsibilities
You will work with Private Client Department to create and maintain a happy working environment where a friendly yet professional service is offered to all clients. Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Photocopying, scanning and filing documents.
- Audio-typing and printing finished documents.
- Provide assistance in sorting incoming post as well as in processing outgoing post.
- File closures and archiving.
- Helping with reception cover typically one day a week.
- Answering calls, greeting clients and visitors to the Canford Cliffs Office.
- Screening phone calls and taking detailed messages.
- Arranging appointments and providing refreshments to clients.
- Provide administrative support to other staff to ensure smooth operation of the office and the wider team.
- Support solicitors and fee-earners by occasionally generating letters, typing letters and attendance notes using case management system and digital recording system.
- Other administrative duties such as directed by solicitors / fee-earners which may include data entry, word processing, establishing new case files and drafting simple correspondence.
Key Skills
- An excellent standard of written and spoken English
- Be a good verbal and written communicator
- Be very well organised with a good attention to details
- Good IT skills, especially in Excel, Word and Outlook
- Ability to learn new systems especially case management and digital recording systems
Personal Attributes
For this role personal qualities are a very important part of the candidate profile and the ideal candidate will:
- Be a real team player with a can-do attitude
- Have good organisational skills but be confident enough to ask when unsure
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Be punctual and reliable
- Have a mature perspective
- Have a confident and friendly manner on the telephone
- Be friendly, warm and welcoming to clients and colleagues in line with our values
- Dresses appropriately for a legal office
Qualifications required
- The ideal Legal Administrator Apprentice will have a minimum of 5x GCSEs A – C (9 - 4) including Maths and English
In return for your hard work, we offer you support, mentoring and training to achieve a qualification as a Legal Administrator Apprenticeship (level 3) through an approved apprenticeship scheme.
Benefits
This is a permanent full-time position offering a generous holiday entitlement of 25 days.
If you are interested in this opportunity and are keen to join a progressive and fast paced firm where you will be both valued and rewarded for your efforts, please send your application directly to Ola Naglik, HR Advisor quoting ‘Legal Administrator Apprentice Canford Cliffs Office’.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 15 months
Pay: £10,920.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Poole, BH13 7LP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 02/01/2023
Reference ID: AppCC1
