{"id":8600,"date":"2024-03-12T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/legal-assistant\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:00:06","slug":"legal-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/legal-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Employer:<\/b> ACS Recruitment Solutions Ltd<br \/>\n<b>Salary:<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Date Added:<\/b> 12\/03\/2024<\/p>\n<p>Legal Assistant\/Secretary \u2013 Private Client<\/p>\n<p>Leicester<\/p>\n<p>Salary \u2013 competitive<\/p>\n<p>Hours \u2013 Full Time 9:00am \u2013 5:15pm<\/p>\n<p>Responsibilities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dealing with queries raised by clients, solicitors and other involved parties<\/li>\n<li>Provide client updates and monitor matter progression<\/li>\n<li>Opening and closing matters on the case management system compliant with the firm\u2019s AML and quality standards and SRA regulations<\/li>\n<li>Supervised drafting of basic correspondence, forms and documents.<\/li>\n<li>Submitting\/registering forms and legal documents Probate Registry, Certainty and HMRC<\/li>\n<li>Responsible for the organisation, safe custodian and release of Wills, Lasting Power of Attorney\u2019s, Probates and other associated legal documents.<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining contact lists and calendars for fee earners<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring deadlines, manage appointments and diaries<\/li>\n<li>Searches and registering Wills with Certainty<\/li>\n<li>Preparing and submitting bills, payments and receipts, liaising with the finance team<\/li>\n<li>Preparing Estate Accounts on Excel<\/li>\n<li>Handling overflow client telephone calls<\/li>\n<li>Reception cover<\/li>\n<li>Preparing and taking the banking and post<\/li>\n<li>General administrative tasks<\/li>\n<li>Other duties as required to ensure the efficient running of the office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Requirements for this role include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preferably previous work experience as legal assistant\/secretary<\/li>\n<li>Satisfactory knowledge of day-to-day operations of a legal office<\/li>\n<li>Advanced computer literacy (word, excel, outlook)<\/li>\n<li>Working knowledge of case management software<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency in English<\/li>\n<li>Excellent administrative and organisational skills<\/li>\n<li>Ability to juggle multiple activities and work under pressure<\/li>\n<li>Attention to detail<\/li>\n<li>Excellent communication skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Location: Leicester &#8211; office based role<\/li>\n<li>Hours: 9:00 \u2013 5:15 Mon to Fri<\/li>\n<li>Attractive salary dependent on experience<\/li>\n<li>25 days holiday &#43; Bank Holidays<\/li>\n<li>Pension scheme<\/li>\n<li>Holiday bonus scheme<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive training and development opportunities including support to study for professional qualifications<\/li>\n<li>Firm funded eye tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Application Deadline:<\/b> 23\/04\/2024<br \/>\n<b>Contract Type:<\/b> Permanent<br \/>\n<b>Submitted Applications:<\/b> 0<\/p>\n<p><a class='btn btn-block btn-primary theme-btn-primary' style='text-align: center; text-decoration: none; margin: auto 0;width: 100%;' href='https:\/\/www.reed.co.uk\/jobs\/legal-assistant\/52293001' target='_blank' rel=\"noopener\"> Apply Now <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employer: ACS Recruitment Solutions Ltd Salary: Date Added: 12\/03\/2024 Legal Assistant\/Secretary \u2013 Private Client Leicester Salary \u2013 competitive Hours \u2013 Full Time 9:00am \u2013 5:15pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pexels-ruslan-burlaka-140945.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinsrev.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}