Legal Assistant – Private Client / Wills, Trusts & Probate

Salary: £26,000

Locations: Basingstoke

Hours: Full-time, permanent

My client is looking to welcome a Legal Assistant into their Private Client / Wills, Trusts & Probate team. This role is essential in ensuring the smooth running of the team by providing high-quality legal support.

The team provides expert, sensitive and client-focused advice on a broad range of private client matters including wills, trusts, lasting powers of attorney, probate, and estate administration. They are known for building long-term client relationships, often supporting multiple generations of families. They pride ourselves on a collaborative and respectful working culture, where every team member contributes to a high-quality client experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Providing comprehensive support to fee earners
• Producing legal documents
• Managing diaries, booking appointments, and handling incoming calls and emails
• Liaising with clients and third parties in a professional and sensitive manner
• Maintaining accurate client files both electronically and in hard copy
• Assisting with billing, file opening/closing and compliance tasks

Skills and experience required:

• Be a law graduate
• Ideally have experience in Private Client as Legal Assistant or similar although this is not essential as training will be provided
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and ideally legal case management systems however this is not essential
• Flexible, dependable and committed to delivering a high-quality service

What you’ll get

My client offers a company pension scheme, a group life assurance scheme, 26 days holiday annually, and we offer a range of benefits including a cycle to work scheme amongst others. In addition, there are regular social events, a running and walking club, weekly fruit and free entry into the Basingstoke Half Marathon of which we are headline sponsors.