Job Title: Family Legal Secretary
Location: Mansfield
Salary: Negotiable DOE
Reporting to: Head of Department
Job type: Permanent, Full time (8.30am – 5.00pm with 1 hour for lunch)
Hopkins Solicitors LLP is one of the leading North Nottinghamshire firms of solicitors with 90 employees across five offices, 2 in Mansfield, 1 in Sutton in Ashfield, 1 in Nottingham and 1 in Kirkby in Ashfield.
Due to ongoing expansion, we are currently looking to recruit a Full-time Legal Secretary for our Family Department in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
It is desired that the successful candidate will have experience in working in a Family department and have the experience and desire to assist the department. A background in Family work is desired but not essential.
About:
We are a full-service law firm and the successful candidate will be able to bring experience and ideas and promote and build the department.
The firm is IIP accredited and is one of only 55 companies worldwide to be working with IIP on the pilot for their sixth-generation accreditation scheme. It therefore values training.
Hopkins’ culture is one which combines hard work and professionalism with a friendly and supportive working environment. The successful candidate will have strong inter-personal skills, being able to communicate effectively with colleagues and most importantly with the firm’s clients.
We are a local firm of Solicitors, we are not another faceless organisation. We pride ourselves in providing a personal face to face service. We know that building strong relationships with our clients, leads to repeat business so we strive to provide the best customer experience.
We are proud that the quality of our service has been recognised by the Law Society with the prestigious LEXCEL standard. This is only given to solicitors’ firms that meet the highest standards of management and customer care.
Hopkins Solicitors LLP is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. A copy of the Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request.
Duties:
- Assisting solicitors in the Family department
- Creating bundles
- Typing correspondence
- Diary Management
- Audio typing & word processing through Digital Dictation
- Administrative duties
- Filing
- Photocopying
- Assisting other members of the department as required
- Presentation of correspondence and documents
- Liaising with Clients and other parties
- Covering reception during holiday
- Opening and scanning post
Requirements:
- Up to 2 years’ experience of working in a Family Law Department
- A strong desire to learn
- Enthusiastic and ambitious
- Hardworking
- Organised
- Adaptable and accommodating
- A smart and tidy appearance
- excellent attention to detail
- IT competent
Benefits:
Workplace Pension Scheme, 25 days holiday (4 of which to be used over Christmas for the offices to close)
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of PA, Legal Typist, Typist, Legal PA, Secretary, Legal Administrator, Legal Office Support, Legal Assistant, Legal Business Support and Fee Earner may also be considered for this role.
