Legal assistant/office assistant (employment law)

Slater & Gordon Lawyers (formerly Russell Jones & Walker) is an award winning, international law firm with offices throughout the UK and Australia.

We are committed to becoming the largest provider of personal legal services in the UK whilst continuing to provide an outstanding service for our clients.

We currently have two opportunities within our employment department for a legal assistant and an office assistant. The successful candidates will provide timely administrative and legal support to appointed fee-earners and solicitors.

Legal assistant

Duties and responsibilities

• Dealing with telephone enquiries from potential new clients and covering lunchtime telephone rota.
• Printing off multiple email attachments and photocopying.
• Produce routine correspondence and any administration associated with the opening and progressing of claims.
• Accurately obtain statements from clients and witnesses if the appropriate fee-earner is not available.
• Complete legal research as requested.
• Attend meetings/tribunals and take notes where necessary.
• Drafting questionnaires, lists of issues, requests for specific discovery and other important documents.
• Prepare lists of documents, trial bundles, indexing, paginating and inspecting documents.
• Instructing counsel.
• Attending education seminars in and out of office hours.
• To complete additional ad hoc duties as and when required.

Qualifications and essential skills

• Qualified to LPC as a minimum (or equivalent experience). Must have proven employment law knowledge.
• Previous experience of providing basic legal support to fee earners is essential.
• Adaptability/flexibility when approaching set tasks.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and high standard of client care.
• Capable of using initiative and demonstrating a clear methodical approach to work.
• Ability to deal with competing demands and prioritise workload effectively.

Office assistant

Duties and responsibilities

General office administration including:

• Dealing with telephone calls from potential new clients and taking details
• Archiving closed files
• Printing correspondence, finding relevant enclosures and presenting to fee earners for checking and signing
• Ordering stationery
• Lunchtime telephone cover (as per rota)
• Photocopying, faxing, filing
• Taking late post down to post room and/or post box appropriately stamped
• File opening
• File allocation duties
• Other ad hoc duties from time to time

Qualifications and essential skills

• Qualified to LLB/GDL as a minimum (or equivalent experience). Must have proven employment law knowledge.
• Previous experience of providing basic legal support to fee earners is preferred.
• Adaptability/flexibility when approaching set tasks.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and high standard of client care.
• Capable of using initiative and demonstrating a clear methodical approach to work.
• Ability to deal with competing demands and prioritise workload effectively.

When applying for either position please include a covering letter (as one document with your CV) and outline which position that you have a preference for.

Apply via: http://www.recruitment.rjw.co.uk/VacancyDetails.aspx?VacancyID=174