Position Type: Full-time / Part-time / Permanent
Aberdein Considine are looking for a Legal Assistant to provide administrative support to our Private Client department based within our Glasgow office. The successful individual must be able to provide a high level of service to maximise business opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
* Answering telephone calls, taking messages, setting up appointments and managing team diaries
* Opening money laundering and legal files
* Coordinating and managing work to support Solicitors and Paralegals
* Secretarial support to fee earners: mainly typing of dictation, fee notes, client correspondence
* Entering precise data quickly and correctly
* Office administration duties: filing and scanning
* Mail duties: Organising all mail for signature, collection and allocation of mail to appointed staff within the department, ensuring all mail leaves the department on the day scheduled
* Assisting with the receipt of new instructions / referrals
* Using various computer systems to create/update and maintain client records accurately
* Dealing with basic client queries and taking messages where appropriate
* Preparing fee notes
* Registering Powers of Attorney
* Completion of forms
* Lodging & uplifting of wills and documents
* Debt Management
Qualifications
* Highers or equivalent in English and Mathematics
Skills and Experience
* Pleasant telephone manner and efficiency in relaying and taking messages
* Computer literate and familiar with MS office packages
* Previous office experience
* Ability to multitask, prioritise workload, great attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
* Portray a professional manner at all times
* Positive and proactive manner
* Flexibility and the willingness to learn
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Approachable manner and calm under pressure
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