Senior Legal Assistant - Commercial Property and Agriculture - Stamford

We are a leading "Top 200" Law Firm and provider of wealth management services, based in Lincolnshire and across the Midlands. Established in 1856, we are considered to be one of the oldest law firms in the UK.

We are a forward thinking, progressive and dynamic organisation. As part of our continuing growth plans, we are currently seeking to recruit a Senior Legal Assistant to join our Document Production Team.

Benefits:

Some of the great benefits that we offer are:

Generous holiday entitlements
Staff discount on legal fees
Income protection
Life assurance at 3 x salary
Salary sacrifice pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme

The role:

The Senior Legal Assistant will be required to work closely with the other Senior Legal Assistants within the team and provide cover as necessary.

They will be supported by the document production team, who produce letters and documents through manual transcription, digital dictation and voice recognition.

They will have client contact and should be able to deal with client enquiries in the first instance, therefore need to keep themselves up-to-date with matters in their area(s).

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform all necessary typing/word-processing, accurately and to deadline within the Stamford office.
Whilst the Senior Legal Assistant will support the Commercial Property Department, they will be expected to undertake work across all areas of the company and provide cover to other Senior Legal Assistants as directed by the Team Leader.
Maintain high levels of client and company confidentiality.
Transcribe information from manual documents or audio.
Provide support to other offices where capacity allows as directed by the Team Leader.
Take telephone calls on behalf of the fee earners and convey messages in a timely manner.
To arrange appointments as required.
To keep work up-to-date – adopting the oldest/most urgent first principle.
To ensure efficient information recorded on the appropriate file management system.
Create and maintain accurate records.
To be flexible and work as a team member.

Hours of Work: 9.00 am – 5.15 pm – Monday to Friday
Location: Stamford
Salary: £21,500 per annum

Person Specification:
	Essential	Desirable
Qualifications	Secretarial qualification, equivalent experience or a Law Graduate.
Knowledge	Clear understanding of confidentiality/Data Protection. Proficient user of Microsoft Office. Understanding of Commercial Property work.	Experience of SOS Connect. Experience and knowledge across different areas of the law.
Skills	Excellent communications skills. Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. Structured and organised. Excellent telephone manner. Accurate and efficient.	Typing speeds of at least 50 WPM
Competencies	Proactive and tactful. Supporting and highly efficient.
Attributes	Desire and ability to learn quickly in all areas of practice including Commercial Property/ Private Client / Employment Law and Corporate Law. Positive attitude and enthusiastic. Willing to be flexible with the demands of the Company.

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Please email your CV and covering letter to the HR Department: hr@chattertons.com

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