Job Description

About us

Berry Redmond Gordon & Penney LLP is a small to medium, fast-paced, social and customer-centric Solicitors firm in North Somerset, with offices in Weston-super-Mare, Worle and Winscombe.

Legal Assistant Position -Family Department

Job Type: Full Time, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday

Salary: Depending on experience

Location: 50 Boulevard Office, 100% Office Based

The role will entail assisting an experienced fee earner throughout legal family and care cases.

Responsibilities

Provide administrative and secretarial support to the fee earner, to enable them to operate with optimal efficiency.

Take initial instructions from clients and liaise with the client throughout the process.

Produce and draft legal documents and letters along with completing audio transcriptions.

To take responsibility for digital file management systems and to ensure compliance throughout.

Managing own workload and ensuring the fee earner has sufficient support.

Assisting with the billing process.

Making and answering phone calls from clients to update them.

Department and Fee Earner diary management

Experience and Skills Required:

Previous admin/secretary experience

Exceptional communication and customer service skills

Experience of working in a professional or legal environment

Organised and methodical approach with good attention to detail

Ability to work well individually and as part of a team.

Salary and Benefits

24 days of annual leave.

Christmas shut-down period and bank holidays.

Career progression opportunities if desired

Discounted Legal Services for personal property matters.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Bereavement leave Company events Company pension Employee discount Sick pay
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person