Job Description

SCJ Solicitors is a small but extremely busy firm of solicitors based in Caernarfon on the North Wales coast. As a conveyancing specialist we handle property transactions across the country worth millions of pounds every month as well as all other areas of law.

We have vacancies available in our extremely busy firm for a legal assistant (Otherwise known as a legal secretary or paralegal). No qualification or prior experience of working in a legal firm is required, but the right candidate will demonstrate a particular set of skills that will be required for the position. Full training will be given and the successful candidate upon completing 2 years with the firm also has the option to further qualify as a Licensed Conveyancer or if they have the right prior qualifications, as a Solicitor.

We are an extremely busy firm and the successful applicant will be able to work in a high workload environment and be able to work flexibly around several different projects at once, while completing work efficiently and to a deadline. The role will involve assisting the solicitors with managing all aspects of a legal matter including document creation, liaising with other entities like courts and law firms, scheduling further work as well as taking and managing telephone calls from the public, other legal entities and clients alike.

The successful applicant will be able to complete work assigned to them as well as being able to take on other tasks that crop up as they go about their working day and display excellent time and work management. Our work involves the full spectrum of civil law such as purchasing and selling property, divorce, wills, probate, debt recovery, litigation and more, all of which you will be expected to assist a solicitor with, but you will be primarily focused on conveyancing duties.

As a requirement of the role the employee will be expected to handle sensitive financial and legal information concerning our clients, therefore the successful applicant will also be required to provide a basic DBS records check (A check of your criminal record) with no criminal convictions.

This position is primarily office based and the successful candidate will be able to travel and work at our Caernarfon based office. Therefore the successful candidate will be in a location that facilitates travelling to our head office in Caernarfon on a regular basis. We also provide free parking and daily fuel costs reimbursement to our employees or subsidised/free public transport for those staff who do not drive (Limits apply). Working from home is available

once key training and experience milestones have been met

, on a hybrid basis between office and working from home.

The position is permanent but is initially offered on a 6 month probationary contract which will automatically lead to a permanent position subject to satisfactory appraisals.

We are a pet friendly employer and provided the pet is friendly, well behaved and sociable to other people and animals we allow our staff to bring their pets to work with them. To that end the successful candidate will need to be pet friendly, or at the very least be able to ignore a soggy tennis ball being dropped into their lap by one of the office dogs when they are working from the office!

Please note there is no requirement to be able to speak Welsh for this role, and non-welsh speaking candidates are welcome to apply.

Hours:

9am to 5pm Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays with 28 days paid holiday, based on a 35-40 hour working week.

Contract:

Permanent but initial 6 months will be probationary leading to permanent, subject to satisfactory appraisals.

Pay:

12 to 15 based on experience, qualifications, completion of 6 month probation, etc

Location:

Our Caernarfon office and/or employees own home (Working from home is only available after certain training and experience milestones are achieved)

Unsuccessful applicants for our previous recruitment drives are welcome to apply for this position again.

This position is not suitable for students in either full or part time education.

Please note while we make best endeavours to contact all applicants who apply to inform them if they have been successful or not in their application, we cannot always respond to all unsuccessful applicants.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 13.50-18.00 per hour

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Free or subsidised travel Free parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:

Caernarfon LL55 1RH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

Do you have any unexpired criminal convictions that would appear on a security review (A DBS check)?
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JLA1