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ROLE: Legal Personal Assistant (Employment)

SALARY: Competitive, based on experience

HOURS: 09:00-17:15, 4- 5 days per week

BENEFITS:

• Life Assurance scheme at 3x annual salary
• Generous annual leave and employee sickness allowance
• 3% employer pension contribution on whole salary
• Client and employee referral schemes (up to £2000)
• 25% discount on some legal services
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP/Cash Plan) offering cashback towards your healthcare bills, 24/7 video and telephone GP appointments, access to counselling services, discounted memberships at over 3,000 gyms, studios and health clubs across the UK and various discounts on electrical, beauty and travel purchases
• Social committee and events

ROLE:

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Legal Personal Assistant to join our reputable Employment department and contribute to our continued success. As a Legal Personal Assistant at Sills & Betteridge Solicitors LLP, you will be an essential part of our highly valued legal team. This position is suited to a confident professional with first class interpersonal and motivational skills and the passion to help drive the Firm forwards.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Providing administrative support, including managing calendars, scheduling appointments and coordinating meetings
• Drafting, formatting and organising legal documents, records and case files
• Handling phone calls and email correspondence in a professional and courteous manner
• Maintaining strict confidentiality of client information
• Ensuring compliance with firm wide/ department policies and procedures
• Audio dictation typing

ABOUT YOU:

We are accepting applications from individuals with:

• Proven experience as a Legal Personal Assistant or Legal Secretary
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Proficiency in using legal software and tools
• A positive and proactive attitude, along with the ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information

ABOUT US:

Here at Sills, we pride ourselves on not treating our clients or our staff as a number. Despite our size we still have a strong sense of community throughout the firm and across departments. We are one of the leading firms of solicitors in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Nottingham, and Northampton providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 15 locations we require a variety of different people with a wide range of skill sets and backgrounds to add value our organisation and help us provide our award-winning services to our valued clients. We fully embrace diverse characteristics, experiences, and outlooks in the workplace and in the communities in which we practice.

You will be working alongside some of the region’s best lawyers, who combine technical knowledge of the law with first class client service. The Legal 500 (The World’s Leading Legal Directory) ranks Sills & Betteridge LLP as a Leading Firm and recognises many of our team in tiers one, two and three- our family team achieving the highest accolade of Top Tier Status- with several members of the firm as Leading Individuals, Recommended Lawyers, and Next General Partners. In addition, we have been recognised by various organisations for our commitment to creating a great place to work- whether its our outstanding LEXCEL audits, our nominations for being an outstanding training contract provider by lawcareers.net, our award for promoting access to the legal profession by CILEX or our ‘One to Watch’ standing with the Top 200 Companies, UK.