Legal Personal Assistant

Legal Personal Assistant Department: Family (Care)Location: WolverhamptonType: Full-Time, PermanentWe are looking for a meticulous administrator, committed to the protection of children to join our fast-paced and busy practice, with a minimum of 6 months experience within a similar role in a public law, Family department.As a Paralegal, you will be expected to assist lawyers in the administration and management of a wide-range of public law Family law matters from inception through to completion.Who Are Talbots Law?Talbots Law is proud to be an Employee-Owned Company and a member of the EOA. We were the first Employee-Owned Law Firm in the West Midlands.Talbots is a Values led Company with a shared vision of “Working every day to be the best” for our people, our clients, and for our communitiesWe are passionate about people being the best that they can be. We do this by providing a comprehensive package of high-quality Company benefits and rewards.The Company is committed to the Real Living Wage Foundation and we also hold the Disability Confident accreditation.Competitive salaries with annual review.Annual tax-free* profit-share.25 days holiday + birthday + ex-gratia day + UK Bank Holidays + long service awards.Company salary-sacrifice pension scheme (4% from Talbots: 4% from employees).Group Life Insurance (3 x annual salary).Enhanced Company Sick Pay.Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programmes.Perkbox employee rewards & benefits platform.Medicash Health Cash Plan.Financial Health & Wellbeing Provision.Bank of Talbots (Annual employee credit for legal fees).Salary Sacrifice schemes.Established Company progression framework.Career progression plans (including financial / mentoring support towards professional qualifications where desired).Social events programme with larger event invitations extended to partners & families.Company gifts for celebrations and special life events.Commitment to charitable initiatives (currently main corporate sponsor of Acorns Children’s Hospice).What the job involves;Diary management of personnel within the department as well as typing from digital dictation, drafting and proof reading documentation.Proactively and professionally handling a wide range of queries and liaising with clients, counsel and other professionals across all methods of communication.Application and Bundle preparation including drafting preliminary documents, Legal Aid applications and court documentation.Utilising the Company’s case management system to its best effect in order to manage case load as well as record time and bill clients efficiently.What you need:To have at least 6 months experience in a Public Law, Family Department in an administration function.Strong working knowledge of Legal Aid as well as passionate about giving outstanding client care to clients and referrers.Excellent administrative, planning, organisation and time management as well as being proficient in a variety of IT software, including all MS Office applications.