Legal Assistant - Agriculture

Department: Shakespeare Martineau - Commercial Real Estate - Agriculture - Agriculture - 2202

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Stratford upon Avon

Reporting To: Amy Cowdell

Do you enjoy keeping a team organised and supporting colleagues to deliver outstanding work?

Our Agriculture Team in Stratford-upon-Avon is looking for a Legal Assistant to provide vital administrative support.

The role

You will work as part of a team to provide property administrative support to help our legal teams deliver great service to our clients.

• Supporting the fee earners in the team in relation to both client facing and management roles
• Providing timely and effective support to requests for assistance on client work from members of the team
• Developing your understanding of client work so as to be able to assist more effectively
• Accurate production of correspondence and documentation including through the use of digital dictation
• Attending to clients in person and on the phone taking messages and assisting where appropriate
• Use of a case management system to process and progress files
• Managing the central team in relation to file opening, closure and archiving
• Producing bills and other financial administration
• Managing diaries for the team, planning and organising meetings and making travel arrangements
• Organising and maintaining departmental filing systems and document storage
• Photocopying, scanning, faxing, printing, filing and other general administrative tasks

• At least 12 months’ experience in a busy administrative or organisational role
• GCSE (or equivalent) grade C/4 or above in English Language and Mathematics
• Confident use of IT systems, including Outlook, Microsoft Word and Excel (PowerPoint beneficial)
• Fast, accurate typing skills and strong attention to detail

Key competencies you will need:

• The ability to work well in a team and develop good working relationships with colleagues and others
• Confident interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise openly and clearly with colleagues and clients
• To be able to produce a high standard of work, often to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining accuracy and good attention to detail
• The ability to prioritise well and be able to cope with changing demands
• To be able to demonstrate professionalism, flexibility, initiative and self confidence

About you- you will be:

• Highly enthusiastic, willing to go the extra mile and be happy to go beyond the job description
• Respectful towards others and have a positive, willing and ‘can do’ attitude
• A keen willingness to learn and develop

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it. We have the following hubs across the UK:
Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.

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Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Equal opportunities

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.