Legal Assistant – Family LawLocation: RedditchHours: Full time Monday-Friday and office basedSalary: £DOEOur established U.K wide legal firm are seeking a family legal assistant to join their friendly team located in Redditch!Main purposeTo provide secretarial and administrative support to Fee Earner in the Family Deprartment. Key tasks

• Maintaining Fee Earner’s diary, arranging meetings and appointments.

• Dealing with new enquiries, initiating and completing the setup of new matters, to include all onboarding and due diligent processes, such as identification verification and complying with anti-money laundering regulations.

• Diligent typing, printing and processing of dictations.

• Organising, e-filing and scanning documents into our Case Management System whilst also maintaining the paper files with accuracy and efficiency.

• Managing the billing process, to include generating and coordinating invoices on a monthly basis plus chasing any outstanding payments.

• Requesting payments and recording receipts of monies, to include liaising with our Accounts Team.

• Opening and archiving all paper and electronic files.

• Dealing with routine client correspondence and queries.

• Attending to clients both in person and on the telephone in a confident manner with excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating a high level of customer care.

• Dealing with third party agencies, to include Counsel, Courts, Experts and other solicitors.

• Ensuring the confidentiality of the client and firm’s information and documentation at all times.

• Fully conversant with Word, Outlook and Excel with experience of working with electronic Case Management Systems.

• Supporting the general administration within the Family Law Team.