Overview
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We are recruiting for an experienced Junior Legal Secretary to join our successful Clinical Negligence team in London. Supporting the wider team, responsibilities include producing file and attendance notes, preparing and calculating figures for costs update letters, time recording and indexing documents, including preparing bundles for experts, court and barristers. There will also be a billing element to the role, checking disbursements, chasing invoices and dealing with account queries.
We are looking for someone who has previous experience in a legal administrative or secretarial role.
Responsibilities
* Produce file and attendance notes.
* Prepare and calculate figures for costs update letters.
* Time recording and indexing documents, including preparing bundles for experts, court and barristers.
* Billing: checking disbursements, chasing invoices and dealing with account queries.
Qualifications
* Previous experience in a legal administrative or secretarial role.
About Slater and Gordon
Slater and Gordon are a leading consumer law firm, and our mission is to give people easier access to world class legal services. We are a legal services business powered by technology and led by people that support customers in every step of their case.
Client service is at the heart of Slater and Gordon and we take pride in the impressive headlines we generate, demonstrating our range of work and the relentless pursuit of justice by our Solicitors.
At Slater and Gordon Lawyers we are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation. So, we’re building a culture where difference is valued. Our culture motivates our employees to give their full selves to the job and invest in the company’s future. Our people see value in their work and are eager to do well in their roles. Our values ensure that all our employees are working towards the same goals.
Our Core And Voluntary Benefits
* Hybrid working – 3 days per week in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
* 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday
* 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
* Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
* Employee Referral scheme
* Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
* Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App with services including annual health checks, Digital GP, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and more
* Employee Assistance Programme with free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
* Group Income Protection to support income if unable to work long term
* Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and more
* Life Assurance
* Workplace pension
* Benefits Hub discounts to 700+ services
* Dental Insurance
* Free legal help and discounted lawyer-led legal services
Your Professional Development
We will also support and encourage you with developing your career with an award-winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and monitor and update the learning and development offering based on feedback. We can support you with continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing internal resources.
Our Values
We strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something different and we hire those who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That’s why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values. The S+G Way defines the behaviours and actions our colleagues and customers care about the most.
The S+G Way
* We do what we say we will
* We don’t wait we create
* We own it, we sort it
* We respect and encourage each other
* We make time to live
For further information, please contact laura.emerton@slatergordon.uk
Please Note - Vacancies may close prior to the expiry date displayed, subject to volume of applications received.
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