Legal Assistant

We are recruiting for two Legal Assistants to join our Private Client team in Oxford. As a Legal Assistant you will provide an efficient and effective administrative support to the team in which you work, enabling the team/department to function effectively and achieve its objectives. To ensure that work done by the team/ department complies with internal quality standards and external requirements. Key Responsibilities Personalised Client Service Manage an administrative workload under the guidance of fee earners. Provide administrative support to fee earners including file-opening, telephone management, document production (incl. audio-typing, managing voice recognition procedures and outsourcing providers), filing/ archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management and dealing with post Draft documents and bills, under supervision, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect fee earner instructions. Undertake basic legal processes, under supervision, such as assisting to process cases through portals, obtaining relevant documentation, arranging case meetings, arranging funding, liaising with the court, completing relevant forms and processing monies. Correspond with clients as required through telephone, email, letter and face to face Provide excellent client service at all times. Learn firm policies and business processes, ensuring compliance particularly with regards to confidentiality, security data protection and file retention ..... full job details .....