Slater and Gordon
Job title:
Legal Secretary – Employment
Company
Slater and Gordon
Job description
We are recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our successful Employment team in Manchester.Supporting the wider team, we are looking for those who can produce file and telephone notes and court documents. The successful applicant will also be responsible for preparing and calculating figures for costs update letters and opening new matters. Other duties would include producing welcome packs, time recording and indexing documents. Alongside this, there will also be times where conferences with experts will need to be arranged, with booking travel/accommodation and courses for fee earners.There may also be a billing element to the role, checking disbursements, chasing invoices and dealing with account queries.What we offer in return:We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:
- Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
- 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment
- 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
- Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
- Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral
- Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
- Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
- Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
- Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injury
- Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
- Life Assurance cover
- Workplace pension
- Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
- Dental Insurance
- Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services
Your Professional DevelopmentWe will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.Our ValuesLike all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That’s why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:· We do what we say we will· We don’t wait we create· We own it, we sort it· We respect and encourage each other· We make time to liveThe S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.For further information, please contactPlease Note – Vacancies may close prior to the expiry date displayed, subject to volume of applications received.
Expected salary
Location
Manchester
Job date
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:33:19 GMT
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