Job Description

Private Client Trainee/Legal Secretary/Paralegal Required - Emmersons Solicitors Gosforth Newcastle

We seek a Trainee Solicitor/Legal Assistant/Secretary or a paralegal with LL.B or LLM or a relevant degree. Training Contracts are available.

This position is to work in our multi award winning Private Client Team based at our Gosforth Office in Newcastle supporting our fee earners. We are looking for a candidate with prior experience in Wills/Probate.

Our work is of good quality, we deal with Estate Planning, LPA's, Probate, court of Protection and contested Estates. We seek someone who can deal with probate applications, estate accounts, drafting of LPA's, empty house insurance, house inspections, will drafting.

This department is growing and we are happy to recruit a member of staff who can support us as fee earners or someone who can handle their own caseload.

Many of our clients are business owners, professionals and investors. We obtain good quality work from individuals, their families and businesses. We have many repeat clients. We concentrate on quality of work and pricing rather than high volumes. We do not ask fee earners to fill in six minute units, we prefer to look at billing and contribution to the Team effort and ethos.

We work in a friendly and supportive environment and staff enjoy social events and taking part in charity events. All of our staff are chosen for their community involvement and sense of compassion.

We are accredited by the Law Society CQS and Lexcel. We are also winners of the Law Society Excellence Awards Law Firm of the Year Award, British Wills and Probate Awards and British Family Law Awards. We are Dementia Friends, members of Solicitors for Later Life and Resolution.

We can be flexible around hours for the right candidate. You may wish to work five shorter days for child care reasons or 4 days per week.

We can offer you;

Pension scheme - salary sacrifice is also available Holiday purchase and sacrifice scheme Paid-for social events. Regular pizza and prosecco events in-house. Free Conveyancing, Wills and Lasting Power of Attorney after 6 months of employment Support for involvement with charity events
We are a diverse firm and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, religion, race, nationality, age or disability.

Our office is two minutes from bus stops to and from the city centre and Northumberland. There is free on-street parking. We are very close to two Metro stations.

If you are interested in this role please apply directly and in confidence to jemmerson39@gmail.com
Please note, we will not be using agencies for this role and therefore you must apply directly to us.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 23,000.00-28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Company events Company pension Employee discount Employee mentoring programme Flexitime Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Transport links
Ability to commute/relocate:

Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4ET: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:

Private Client: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person