Legal Administrator ( Planning Secretary) - Holmes & Hills : Job Details

In this role you will provide direct administrative support to the Planning Law Department, who play an important role in the delivery of housing, commercial and infrastructure in East Anglia and beyond. The day to day: :Your day to day work will include but will not be limited to:

• Typing documents, letters, attendance notes, file notes & bills, via Bighanddigitial dictation.
• Use of Precedent for Windows to check/amend client data held on the accounting system
• Use of Microsoft Office, Case Management, Oyez forms and other software applications, including use of auto text and document templates.
• Filing (paper and electronic).
• Prepare mail and enclosures for despatch.
• Making appointments, arrange meetings and maintaining an up-to-date diary for the Fee Earners in the Team.
• Ensuring case files are managed in accordance with the requirements of the office manual and using your initiative to ensure fee earner matters are kept in order
• Attending clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide such support in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm’s standards for client care.
• Ensuring the confidentiality of all the firm’s and clients’ documentation and information.
• Assisting clients with updates and enquiries on their matters in the absence of the Fee Earner.
• Provide support to other secretaries/fee earners as required.
• Provide support and guidance to junior and temporary secretaries when required to do so.

What experience do I need? We are looking for a professional and enthusiastic Legal administrator with at least 3 years previous legal experience preferably within a busy Commercial Property or Litigation department.What skills should I have?

• Excellent communication (written & verbal) and inter-personal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain a professional working rapport with both Clients and other members of the Firm.
• Keen eye for detail and consistently accurate in all job aspects, to include word-processing and audio-typing skills.
• Ability to prioritise and manage a large workload effectively and efficiently.
• Proactive team-working approach

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

• A supportive and relaxed work environment in an experienced and growing team - with a real opportunity to positively impact our recruitment strategy.
• 28 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Medicash and Unum dental cash back schemes after 1 years’ service
• Life Insurance
• EAP and various other physical and mental wellbeing support services including virtual GP access 24/7
• Family friendly policies such as enhanced maternity and paternity pay plus, family events leave
• Company sick pay
• Cycle scheme

At Holmes & Hills we are proud to have a culture of sharing, collaboration and mutual respect. We are genuine, authentic and down to earth. We are passionate about what we do and how we do it and believe our Values demonstrate the quality and commitment we give to our many clients. These values run through the core of our firm and are fundamental to the development and progression of our 200 highly valued colleagues.

We offer a benefits package that we believe gives all of our colleagues a bit of everything but in addition to these material benefits, we also offer the opportunity to work for a progressive, modern and inspiring law firm in a regional area that brings with it, the benefit of a good work/life balance, flexibility and family focussed and with genuine opportunity to progress and develop evidenced by our commitment to our Career Pathway and Training Pathway.