24 Oct
Hill Dickinson
Liverpool
Job description
Role :
Legal Administration Assistant
Hours : 35 hours a week
As the winner of Working Families’ Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award ’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Department : Costs Health, Health Business Group
Location : Liverpool
Benefits
At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
Here are some examples of what we offer :
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
- Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
- 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
- Flexible, agile and home working
- BUPA
- Permanent health insurance
- Flexible pension scheme
- Medicash
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Life assurance
- Annual travel season ticket loan
- Dress for your day policy
- Training and development opportunities
- Financial contribution towards home working equipment
Role overview
Introduction to the role :
Reporting to the designated team leader, the Legal Administration Assistant is to provide administrative support to the fee earners within the team, assisting in the key client, file management and compliance processes.
As a fundamental aspect of the role the Legal Administration Assistant will be required to adhere at all times to the data protection requirements established by the Health Business Group.
Introduction to the team :
The Costs Team are built up of experienced costs litigation professionals based across Liverpool, Manchester and London.
With extensive experience of dealing with high value costs ligation, costs budgeting, appeals,
group litigation and technical challenges.
Our experienced advocates regularly attend national court hearings across the country.
Key responsibilities :
- Providing support to the Head of the Team with the co-ordination of data information for clients
- File Management creating and archiving files and ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to
- Records - archiving and recovery of records as requested by secretarial or fee earning staff
- Preparing case bundles and documenting against agreed protocols
- Faxing, scanning, photocopying
- Filing
- Support and advice to all users of the service
- Hand deliveries, when required
- Printing e-mail attachments
- Answering the telephone
- Some legal work on files
What we are looking for
Essential :
- Organises own work effectively
- Seeks and accepts feedback and guidance
- Works flexibly to meet goals
- Competently follows agreed processes / methods
- Good team working skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrates understanding of client needs / expectations
▶️ Legal Administration Assistant
🖊️ Hill Dickinson
📍 Liverpool