Role:
Legal Administration Assistant
Hours: 35 hours a week
As the winner of Working Families’ ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award ’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Department: Costs Health, Health Business Group
Location: Liverpool
Benefits
At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
Here are some examples of what we offer:
1. 25 days’ annual leave
2. Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
3. Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
4. 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
5. Flexible, agile and home working
6. BUPA
7. Permanent health insurance
8. Flexible pension scheme
9. Medicash
10. Enhanced family leave policies
11. Life assurance
12. Annual travel season ticket loan
13. Dress for your day policy
14. Training and development opportunities
15. Financial contribution towards home working equipment
Role overview
Introduction to the role:
Reporting to the designated team leader, the Legal Administration Assistant is to provide administrative support to the fee earners within the team, assisting in the key client, file management and compliance processes.
As a fundamental aspect of the role the Legal Administration Assistant will be required to adhere at all times to the data protection requirements established by the Health Business Group.
Introduction to the team:
The Costs Team are built up of experienced costs litigation professionals based across Liverpool, Manchester and London. With extensive experience of dealing with high value costs ligation, costs budgeting, appeals, group litigation and technical challenges. Our experienced advocates regularly attend national court hearings across the country.
Key responsibilities:
16. Providing support to the Head of the Team with the co-ordination of data information for clients
17. File Management – creating and archiving files and ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to
18. Records - archiving and recovery of records as requested by secretarial or fee earning staff
19. Preparing case bundles and documenting against agreed protocols
20. Faxing, scanning, photocopying
21. Filing
22. Support and advice to all users of the service
23. Hand deliveries, when required
24. Printing e-mail attachments
25. Answering the telephone
26. Some legal work on files
What we are looking for
Essential:
27. Organises own work effectively
28. Seeks and accepts feedback and guidance
29. Works flexibly to meet goals
30. Competently follows agreed processes/methods
31. Good team working skills
32. Excellent communication skills
33. Demonstrates understanding of client needs/expectations