Legal Secretary
Job Description
Legal Secretary
£23,400 plus excellent benefits (Work level 6C)
Bristol or Manchester - You'll complete your training at one of our offices, then you'll have the option to work in a hybrid way, dividing your time between working from home and the office.
We're looking for legal secretary to join our family law team at Co-op Legal Services.
In this role you'll provide key administrative support our family department, making sure everything runs smoothly and our clients are receiving the best possible service. We'll look to you primarily to book appointments with our clients, own the billing process and create bundles and briefs, alongside some typing and organisation work. You'll work exclusively on private client family matters funded privately.
You don't need legal experience for this role, so if you have the secretarial skills we're looking for we can offer you the chance to build on your secretarial skills in an ethical business with exciting plans for the future.
What you'll do:
* assist the solicitors with their cases
* prepare trial bundles and briefs for counsel
* take responsibility for the family law team post; manage any outgoing correspondence
* be responsible for billing clients and processing customer cheques as well as raising invoices for any external services used
* organise the storage of family law files accurately recording all data
* some dictation and typing work
This role would suit people who have:
* previous experience as a secretary
* strong literacy skills with excellent attention to detail
* great communication and relationship building skills
* excellent organisation and prioritisation skills within a fast-paced and varied role
* excellent customer service skills
Why Co-op?
If you've got the skills and experience we're looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You'll also get:
* An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
* 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
* A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
* Coaching and training to support your career development
* Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
Building an inclusive work environment
At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.
We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.
If you're successful in your application, we'll perform some background checks as part of our pre-employment screening process. These will include an SRA check, credit checks, and a DBS (disclosure and barring service) check. Please note Co-op does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.
As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.
