LEGAL ASSISTANT
WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES.

Our Wills, Trust & Estate department is growing!

Our Wills, Trusts and Estates department is growing and we are looking for a dedicated Legal Assistant to join our busy team, based in our Chester office. The team work with private clients to ensure all their wills, probate and estate related matters run smoothly so you will be responsible for providing efficient administration support across the team.

Full-time | Office based | Chester City Centre | Monday-Friday | 9am-5:30pm

ABOUT THE ROLE

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This is a busy and varied role with tasks including:

  • All administration duties such as dealing with incoming and outgoing post, photocopying, filing, scanning and archiving of legal documents
  • Daily record keeping with electronic and hard copy filing of documents
  • Updating the case management system with all appropriate documents and notes
  • Checking of legal documents to ensure accuracy
  • Performing accurate legal research and analysis when required
  • Requesting and obtaining relevant information from other organisations by phone, email or post
  • Preparing and formatting legal and management reports
  • Dealing with general Lifetime Planning enquiries over the phone and email
  • Ensuring our service standards are delivered consistently and proactively every client, every time
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What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who has previous administration experience within a professional environment.

You’ll be a highly organised and efficient administrator and a fantastic communicator. You will be able to juggle multiple tasks and have a good eye for small details. IT skills / case management experience are important too.

With access to a structured induction programme as well as ongoing training programmes tailored to you, you’ll have opportunities to grow, develop and progress.

Part of our commitment to making lives better is supporting you to reach your career objectives — whatever they may be. Appreciation, reward and respecting your work-life balance comes as standard.

Please note: some benefits apply after a qualifying period.

Salary is dependent on skills and experience.

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Culture at HM3 Legal

HM3 Legal is committed to promoting a culture of equality and diversity in the workplace. You will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Our benefits

Here’s a selection of what’s on offer. Part of our commitment to making lives better is supporting you to reach your career objectives — whatever they may be. Appreciation, reward and respecting your work-life balance comes as standard.

At HM3 Legal, our people are our biggest asset and we want to make sure they know this, so alongside our benefits, we also offer a supportive yet autonomous working environment where you’ll be encouraged to innovate and develop.

We are passionate about ‘doing law differently’ with high quality service and having a positive impact being our priorities. If you share our values, then we would love to hear from you.

Our many benefits include:

  • Hybrid-working model for over 90% of our roles.
  • Generous employee referral programme.
  • Monthly company-funded health and wellbeing allowance for our Heka benefits platform.
  • Enhanced annual and family friendly leave and your birthday off!
  • Early dart Fridays.
  • Dress for your day.
  • Regular socials and charity events.
  • Mental Health First Aiders.
  • Values-based recognition and reward scheme.
  • Long-service awards.

LET’S TALK

Contact us for a confidential chat

If you want to find out more about this role, or any other vacancy please talk to us in confidence. We’re expanding and looking for people at all levels, with varying skills and experience to join our team.

Email recruitment@law.uk.com

GET IN TOUCH…

If you’ve got a legal enquiry, call us on 01244 318 131 or fill in our contact form to complete a short form, and a bl**dy brilliant lawyer will be in touch.

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