Job Details

Nelson Guest & Partners are a busy firm specialising in Criminal Defence. The firm is recruiting for an administrator to run our Police Station Department.

This is an excellent opportunity for a legal secretary or administrator to gain a fascinating insight into this practice area and, most importantly, valuable experience through exposure to a wide range of tasks, such as:

• Maintaining a rota of police station representatives who are covering interviews at the police station and the phones overnight;
• Diary management;
• Managing a caseload of clients being represented at the police station and keeping them updated by writing appropriate letters;
• Proactively chasing results and notes from police station representatives;
• Dealing with general telephone enquiries;
• Billing matters on conclusion of police station matters and applying sound knowledge of the Legal Aid billing rules (the contract will be provided to you on employment);
• Opening files on our Case Management software and allocating files as appropriate to fee-earners within the firm; and
• Data entry and maintenance of monthly reports

The role will obviously require somebody who is organised, efficient and sufficiently literate. A strong grasp of the English language is required. Part of the interview process will examine letter-writing.

This is a full-time position (9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday) and time-keeping is crucial, particularly as the role requires switching the office phones off divert first thing in the morning and putting them back on divert in the evening.

Please send CVs to a.cranmer@ngps.biz or call 02083095010 if you have any queries.