Legal Secretarial Assistant

Alma Personnel are pleased to announce they they have been selected to recruit-an experienced-Legal Secretarial Assistant-to be based from their Walsall offices working within the Family Law department.

You will have fast accurate typing skills, computer literate.-A good working knowledge of- family law procedures, familiar with online legal aid applications and billing procedures would be an advantage

Skills:-

• Have at least 1 year experience of Family/public law matters.
• Computer literate with fast accurate typing skills
• Excellent team player with a keen interest to providing a first class service to-clients
• High empathy when speaking with vulnerable clients facing family or care proceedings
• Familiar with legal aid applications and billing procedures
• Familiar with care proceedings, bundles and court proceedings

Tasks and Duties:-

• Review incoming email for immediate Court orders from local authority and others
• Scanning post and saving to case management system.
• Making Legal Aid applications
• Upload of mandatory documents, updates and funding requests to the Legal Aid Agency via the Client and Case Management System-Diary management
• Time Recording
• Contacting independent social-workers, medical experts to confirm availability and sending out formal instruction letters.
• Creating, index and paginate electronic court bundles containing Court Orders, threshold findings and expert reports using software-
• Opening new files and performing conflict of interest checks for new cases in accordance with policies
• Billing management

If you feel you have the right skills and experience, apply now stating why you would be suitable for this position