Legal Assistant

My clients are a leading legal firm and have a rare opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join their team in Oxford. You will provide an efficient and effective administrative support to the team, enabling the team to function effectively and achieve its objectives.

This role is offering Hybrid working 3 days in the office and two from home. Hours are 9am - 5:30pm

Key Responsibilities

• Manage an administrative workload under the guidance of fee earners
• Assist in dealing with new enquiries (e-mail and telephone)
• Undertake basic legal processes (under supervision) such as processing cases through portals, obtaining relevant documentation, arranging case meetings, liaising with the court, processing monies
• Provide administrative support to fee earners including file-opening, telephone management, document production (incl. audio-typing, managing voice recognition procedures and outsourcing providers), filing / archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management, diarising key dates and dealing with post
• Draft documents and bills, under supervision, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect fee earner instructions to include completing relevant court forms, pleadings, witness statements and preparing court bundles
• Provide administrative support for business development and marketing activities including booking facilities and refreshments, preparing presentation materials and associated marketing documentation

Skills, Experience and Attributes

• Previous litigation experience within a Legal Assistant or Administrative role
• Excellent organisation capability with the ability to effectively prioritise
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Office suite and other relevant IT platforms
• Strong written communication skills
• Demonstrate a good understanding of client relationship management

Wants: They want to see some previous legal experience, working as Legal Assistant or Legal Secretary and role is admin based. If this sounds like you please send me your CV today