Legal PA Reading, England
Job description
Our highly regarded Family & Matrimonial team has a rare opportunity for a Legal PA to join the team.
As one of two PAs in the team, you’ll support the partners and other lawyers as they provide advice and assistance on a wide range of family issues.
Your duties will include:
- Audio (digi) typing to produce letters, court documents (including pleadings, witness statements, briefs to Counsel, affidavits, court bundles etc.), file notes and other documents
- Collating enclosures for correspondence, briefs and bundles, including scanning and copying
- Assisting with client onboarding processes, including KYC checks
- Assisting with invoicing and credit control within the team
- Liaising with clients and third parties to arrange meetings, take and pass messages etc.
- Assisting lawyers with diary management and appointment scheduling
- Filing and archiving
- Other administrative duties and support as required.
This busy team produces a lot of documents and you will need to be a proficient and accurate audio-typist. You will also need to be able to communicate clearly, effectively and empathetically with our clients, many of whom will be facing extremely stressful and highly emotional situations. You’ll have a strong level of IT proficiency, including a solid working knowledge of Excel, excellent organisational skills and a strong level of accuracy in all your work.
While experience in family work is not essential, we are looking for candidates with some experience of working in litigation / contentious teams.
We offer hybrid working at FSP, so there will be opportunity for you to work a mixture of from our office in Reading and from home. Please visit the Careers section of our website for further information on the benefits we offer!
Please ensure that your application includes a detailed CV and a covering letter/message explaining your suitability for the role and your availability to start.
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Reading: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Reading
