Legal Assistant Milton Keynes, England
Job description
We are looking for a Legal Assistant to join our team of immigration law solicitors. The person would assist our solicitors and caseworkers with their daily casework by completing various administrative task including any other duties required by the solicitors or caseworkers. There is potential to earn commission in this role and also to become a fee earner by training and gaining qualification in the field of immigration law.
Main Responsibilities of the Role:
- Report directly to Senior Caseworker
- Professional pro-active approach, strong client care skills and a sensitive and sympathetic understanding of clients’ needs
- Assisting with casework including dealing with a range of Immigration matters
- Attending clients, taking instructions and preparing cases
- Dealing with correspondence
- Preparing draft documents including witness statements and processing evidence
- Preparing applications to meet Home Office requirements (incl drafting application forms, index of documents and letters of representations)
- Maintaining accurate time costing procedures
- Implementing any recommendations made by your supervisor following monthly file reviews ensuring that these are dealt with promptly
- Ensuring compliance with file management.
Key Skills:
- No formal qualification required.
- Demonstrate passion in Immigration Law
- A sound academic background preferably with a Law degree
- Legal experience as an Immigration Paralegal/Advisor desirable
- Business acumen and the ability to market the Company essential
- Excellent communications skills to work effectively with all types of people
- Excellent analytical and organisational skills and ability to use own initiative but know when to seek guidance
- Committed team player, self -motivated and professional
- Excellent IT Skills -familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills
Job Types: Full time, Permanent
Rate: dependent on experience
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday (9am to 5pm)
Experience:
- Administrative or legal experience
Work Location: In person
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £25,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Milton Keynes, MK9 1AT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 07/04/2023
Reference ID: LS/MK
