Legal Assistant | Bournemouth | £25k

As Legal Assistant you’ll be an integral part of the team within a local prestigious solicitor firm with multiple practices across the BCP area. 

Situated within the Bournemouth branch, as Legal Assistant you’ll provide support between the Business Services and Employments Law teams, as well providing other general administrative support.  

Background & Benefits:

Our client is a progressive and expanding legal practice with c150 staff across 6 local offices. Their culture supports and encourages career development, where they have clearly defined career progression plans that are based on personal competencies, so that there is something to motivate everyone. Alongside clear career advancement, they also offer the opportunity to develop other personal skills, such as leadership, selling, and time management.

There is a big emphasis at the firm on rewarding staff and they continually review staff benefits. These currently include:

• 31 days holiday (inc. bank holidays)
• Gym membership options
• Extra pension contributions, extra holiday, or a Healthcare Cashback Scheme,
• Paid time off for charity work, free weekly exercise classes

Legal Assistant responsibilities: –

• To deal with enquiries and book appointments for the team
• Assisting with clients, taking telephone calls and taking messages or providing assistance wherever possible
• Assisting with drafting, amending and updating of documentation
• Sending and processing invoices
• Typing of documentation & a small amount of audio typing
• Provide general administration support to help progress client files

Legal Assistant Skills & Experience required: –

• Previous administration/secretarial support experience ideally within a legal firm or professional services dealing with b2b clients
• Strong accuracy skills
• The ability to efficiently manage and organise a busy workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong typing and audio typing skills
• A positive and friendly outlook

Interested?

Rubicon are working exclusively on this Legal Assistant vacancy.  To avoid missing out on the opportunity, please submit your CV directly via the advert or call Ellie or Harriet at Rubicon