Legal Administration Apprentice - Legal Aid Team (Salary £16,816.05 per annum)

Duties Include:

Arranging meetings, including forward attendance planning, preparing papers Providing support to the staff in the department. Creating and maintaining electronic documents, including using MS Office documents. Communicating clearly by phone and email with both internal and external contacts in a professional manner. Drafting and sending out emails Dealing with day-to-day enquiries and referring to other members of the team as appropriate. Greeting visitors at reception. Participating in appropriate training and development activities. Supporting with additional tasks in the team as required.

***As the clients in this department are criminal and Care Clients a lot of the work will be unpleasant, could be violent and sexual crimes, care work can be quite distressing with children being removed from parents etc. The candidate will have to see photos and read statements which can be disturbing.***

Company Benefits:

23 days holiday plus all bank holidays and Christmas Closure Auto enrolment Pension Health Cash Plan 2 paid volunteering days Birthday day off

Training:

Business Administrator Level 3 Standard (with Legal Pathway):

How training will be delivered is to be confirmed

Training Outcome:

Opportunity to progress to Legal Secretary, Paralegal and eventually Solicitor.

Employer Description:
Waldrons is a 6 office solicitors which covers most areas of law. The role we have is within residential conveyancing and assisting the Post Completion Manager, this is the end of the conveyancing transaction. Full training will be given. There are 3 staff in the team at the Worcester office this person will be the 4th. The department across all offices is very large.

Working Hours :
Monday to Thursday from 9:00am to 5:15pm and Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Logical,Team working