Apprentice Legal Support Assistant

An opportunity to join our team as an Apprentice

• An excellent opportunity to start a career, complete an apprenticeship and progress within an independent law practice. General duties may include making and receiving telephone calls, preparing precise attendance notes, and filing, etc.

Future Prospects

• There is a wide variety of career prospects and training programmes available for the right candidate from office manager, conveyancing assistant to qualifying as a solicitor via the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE)

The Law Practice

• High Street Law firm/solicitors office

Your role

• We are busy, friendly, and hard working.
• The offices are for the most part open plan.
• The candidate will be with other staff

We are looking for an energetic, confident, hardworking, and positive office administrator/clerk within our busy high street law firm. The candidate must be willing to travel to and work from our Watford and Barnet offices. The work will include:

• Making and receiving telephone calls
• Preparing precise attendance notes
• Filing
• Locating and retrieving files
• Document management
• Photocopying
• Stationary orders
• Making tea and coffee
• Opening and allocating post
• Posting letters
• Sending emails
• Updating social media i.e., LinkedIn and Facebook
• Greeting clients and taking copies of their documents
• Progressive candidates will have the opportunity to work on client files under the supervision of a Partner within the firm.

Desired skills

• Due to the Apprenticeship criteria candidates with LLB would not be eligible for this position
• Local viable commute essential
• 4-9 grades English and maths GCSE's
• Confident with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and manage reception in conjunction with other administration duties
• Good attention to detail
• Good working knowledge of ICT packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to demonstrate or gain a clear understanding of the firm’s in-house systems where training will be given
• Excellent presentation, organisation and timekeeping skills
• Awareness of confidentiality and safeguarding
• The ability to use own initiative, be able to work individually as well as part of a team
• Must be well-presented with a clear, pleasant telephone manner
• Good organisational skills
• Good client care skills

Personal qualities

• Well presented and polite
• Ability to take the initiative
• Confident at dealing with people at all levels
• Reliable and adaptable
• Willingness to take on challenges and to push oneself further
• Motivated and keen to learn new skills

Training to be provided

• You will complete the Paralegal Apprenticeship
• This Apprenticeship will involve off the job training.
• You will also develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours.
• You need to have an employer to support your Apprenticeship and be employed in a relevant job role.
• The typical length of this Apprenticeship course is 18 months.
• This course has multiple start dates throughout the year

IMPORTANT

Please note before application that an Apprenticeship is not suitable for candidates looking for part-time work, or work experience during a gap year. The vacancy requires candidates that have left school, college or university as they need to be available immediately. Please consider if the business is a viable commute

The employer questions are important so that we have an understanding of a candidate's suitability for the role. Unfortunately, applications that have not answered the employer questions will not be considered.

Things to consider

• Please check prior to application that the business is a viable affordable commute
• Please have a CV prepared on a word document
• An Apprenticeship and employer requires any potential candidate to be dedicated, please consider this before applying.
• The employer questions are important so that we have an understanding of a candidates suitability for the role. Unfortunately, applications that have not answered the employer questions will not be considered.
• Vacancy is for an immediate start, please consider this if you are still in education.
• PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE EMPLOYER DIRECTLY
• The closure dates are for a guideline only and the vacancy may close prior to the dates advertised. How far do you live from the business and please detail how long it will take to travel?

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £16,640.00 per year

Application question(s):

• For your application to be considered you will need to answer the following 3 questions.

Do you hold GCSE certificates for English and maths grades 4-9
Please note if you hold an LLB you would not be eligible for this Apprenticeship

• To be eligible for an Apprenticeship you would need to be out of education. When did you leave education?
• The employer is looking for candidates with no more than a 45 minute commute.

How many miles do you live from the London postcode En5
(Important we are unable to consider applications where there is a long commute or need to relocate, please consider this before applying.)

• Please only apply if you live locally. How long will your commute be?

Work Location: In person