Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant – Wills Trust & Probate Team

Emsworth

Salary dependent on experience

Main responsibilities:

To provide support to the Wills Trust and Probate team by providing competent and efficient secretarial and administrative assistance in the daily running of the busy department.

Duties to include:

•                 Open new files

•                 Tie up incoming post with client files, liaise with fee earner as to required tasks, deal with queries, agree action etc.

•                 Undertake general secretarial duties including dictation, diary management and file administration

•                 Chase outstanding documentation, liaising with external agencies such as HMRC and the Office of the Public Guardian

•                 File closure administration

•                 Any other duties which may from time to time be reasonably requested

Key Skills:

•                 Very organised, able to manage own work allocation, productivity and quality of work with minimum supervision

•                 Flexible and able to prioritise a changing to do list

•                 Detail orientated and accurate

•                 Trustworthy and reliable

•                 Self-motivated

•                 Articulate and a good communicator

•                 Proficient in using a computerised case management and accounting system

•                 Able to work in a team