Receptionist / Administrator

Job Details :

Job Title : Receptionist/Administrator

Hours : 35 hours per week

Wage : £11.44

Company Profile

A long established, successful, and busy law firm in Motherwell handling a variety of types of legal work, mainly property law and private client work are looking to recruit a Receptionist/Administrator to add to their busy team.

The hours of work are full time, 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, with 1 hour lunch break. Starting salary for the role is £10.90 per hour.

Key Duties and Responsibilities :

To support the completion of legal casework by solicitors and paralegals in completing a number of set tasks for which full training will be provided. Duties will include: dealing with clients’ enquiries on the phone and face to face, booking appointments, file management, general administrative duties including photocopying, collation of documents, filing, opening and closing client files, including drafting of AML documentation and chasing ID and proof of address information, filling out standard forms, maintaining records for clients, maintaining client confidentiality and legal professional privilege.

Essential Criteria :

Excellent IT skills including full MS Packages are essential, excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to work to prioritised tasks and deal with clients’ enquiries, ability to work with, and willingness to take direction from various levels of legal staff from partner to paralegals. The successful applicant should be happy working in a busy office environment and able to work on their own initiative.

Desirable Criteria :

Experience of working within a legal environment, familiarity with legal terms and language

Additional Info :

Full training will be provided. This is long term permanent position with excellent potential for advancement for the right candidate.