Legal Assistant

As a Legal Assistant you will be expected to provide support to the wider team including, Lawyer's and Paralegals.,

• Career progression plans (including financial / mentoring support towards professional qualifications where desired).


• Social events programme with larger event invitations extended to partners & families.


• Company gifts for celebrations and special life events.


• Commitment to charitable initiatives (currently main corporate sponsor of Acorns Children's Hospice).


What the job involves;

• Answer the phone and dela proactively with a wide range of queries which include, introductory calls to clients and agents as well as update and follow ups using both telephone and email


• Collect post and DX from receptionists and distribute to Conveyancers, scan and allocate unclaimed daily post


• To undertake file opening procedures in an accurate and timely manner


• Scan ID to SOS and carry out the AML search


• Find a lawyer check


• Obtain and check official copy entries (freehold and leasehold where appropriate)
  
  We are looking for a meticulous individualto join Talbots as Legal Assistant for our Private Residential department, with 6 months experience in a relevant field., A minimum of 6 months experience, within a legal or property related working experience.


• Be passionate about giving outstanding client care to both clients and refers.


• Excellent administrative, planning, and organisational skills to support the team., Do you require any hybrid working structure? If yes, please detail.


• What computer software do you have experience working with?
  
  Talbots Law is proud to be an Employee-Owned Company and a member of the EOA. We were the first Employee-Owned Law Firm in the West Midlands.


Talbots is a Values led Company with a shared vision of "Working every day to be the best" for our people, our clients, and for our communities.

We are passionate about people being the best that they can be. We do this by providing a comprehensive package of high-quality Company benefits and rewards.

The Company is committed to the Real Living Wage Foundation and we also hold the Disability Confident accreditation.

• Competitive salaries with annual review.


• Annual tax-free profit-share.


• 25 days holiday + birthday + ex-gratia day + UK Bank Holidays + long service awards.


• Company salary-sacrifice pension scheme (4% from Talbots: 4% from employees).


• Group Life Insurance (3 x annual salary).


• Enhanced Company Sick Pay.


• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programmes.


• Perkbox employee rewards & benefits platform.


• Medicash Health Cash Plan.


• Financial Health & Wellbeing Provision.


• Bank of Talbots (Annual employee credit for legal fees).


• Salary Sacrifice schemes.


• Established Company progression framework.
  
  Additional leave


• Company events


• Company pension


• Employee discount


• Free flu jabs


• Health & wellbeing programme


• Life insurance


• Private medical insurance


• Profit sharing


• Referral programme


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday