* Job type: Full-time
* Salary: Competitive
* Seniority: Paralegal
* Department: Dispute Resolution
* Office: Hertford
Are you looking to advance your legal career whilst enjoying a healthy work/life balance? Do you want to join a firm that is as interested in your career progression as you are? Are you searching for a fulfilling role where what you get out is considered just as important as what you put in? And where the only ceiling is your ambition?
Then Attwaters Solicitors could be the firm for you. Come and find out what makes us one of the Sunday Times Best Places to work in 2024 and 2025 (Top 10 for medium organisations in the UK)
With five offices spanning Hertfordshire, Essex and London, Attwaters Solicitors is a respected regional law firm with origins dating back well over a century. Our vision is to be the 'go to' private wealth legal practice in our region, through our commitment to excellent client care, integrity, teamwork, innovation, quality and respect.
In order to achieve our vision, we need people who are committed to excellence. We are experts at what we do and we're looking for people with the ambition, dedication and work ethic required to become leaders in their field.
But we also know that our people have a right to expect excellence from us. That's why we are dedicated to providing our staff with a nurturing environment, a structured career path that offers clear opportunities for progression, and all the support they need to thrive.
The role:
We are looking for a Paralegal/Legal assistant with practical experience of working in a Law firm preferably with a knowledge of Litigation to join our busy team in Hertford.
The role will include (but not limited to)
* Handling new enquires
* Opening files (including updating spreadsheet & doing conflict checks).
* Fee earner diary management
* Arranging appointments,
* Accounts work, billing, receipt of funds, chasing clients for payment/payment on account, making payments, liaising with the Accounts department
* Assisting fee earners with bundles, collating documents etc
* Chasing third parties for responses including the court, counsel and the opponents solicitors.
What we expect from you:
* You're dedicated to providing excellent client service in line with our Service Pledge.
* You're somebody who takes pride in their work and of whom we can be proud.
* You're interested in promoting the firm's good name both internally and externally.
* You're a team player who will always go the extra mile.
* You have a positive attitude and always look to lift spirits, not lower them.
* You show good judgement and maturity.
* You're risk-aware – you know what you don't know.
* You're a hard worker with a 'can-do' attitude.
What you can expect from us:
* A structured career path that provides all the information you need to develop and progress.
* A supportive and nurturing working environment with monthly one-to-ones, department meetings and a six-monthly appraisal scheme.
* Flexible and hybrid working.
* Firm-wide and fee-earner bonus schemes.
* Holiday entitlement of 25 days per year, rising by one day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
* Automatic enrolment to our contributory corporate pension scheme (salary sacrifice).
* Automatic enrolment to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps staff members experiencing personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and wellbeing.
* Enrolment to our Healthcare Cash Plan after the probationary period. Cover includes dependant children and may be extended to partners or spouses at the employee's expense.
* Access to Mintago, a comprehensive employee financial wellbeing platform.
* Each office has its own designated Social and Wellbeing champion, who is there to help promote good mental and physical health with a range of initiatives including social walks, book clubs, charitable activities and out-of-hours get-togethers and events.
* Annual staff events including summer and Christmas events, quarterly office lunches and our annual online Staff Quiz