Job Details

ABOUT US:

Carpenters Rose was founded in 1928 and has been at the same address ever since.  It was run originally by three generations of family Carpenter. 

THE ROLE:

This role is key to the smooth running of the fee earners busy workload. As a naturally efficient and organised individual you will be leveraging these skills to best effect to manage the fee-earners daily schedule and administrative tasks. This role will suit someone who thrives on creating order, communicating with others and keeping up with the demands of the day-to-day workloads.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone to gain experience of Conveyancing by working in a busy law firm.

This is a full-time permanent role based in an office.  

The Responsibilities:

• Proactive diary management for the Lead Partner, including arranging meetings and prioritising meetings accordingly.
• Organisation and Maintenance of large volumes of filing and documentation
• Manage aspects of Office Operation including billing, photocopying, and assisting support elsewhere when needed.
• Act as a key point of contact for fee-earners clients
• Independently undertake and type up correspondence as provided by audio tapes by the fee earner.
• Assistance in Exchanges and Completions – training will be given.

The Requirements:

• Desire to learn and understand the importance of their role to the fee-earner.
• Structured – can create or bring them their own systems to ensure actions gets done.
• Communication – can communicate on all levels to both internal personnel, clients and other professional contacts on the fee-earners behalf.
• Ability to build effective relationships within the small office and be an active team member.
• Confident – working alongside the fee-earner as well as independently to get tasks done. Not necessarily awaiting instructions all the time.
• Willingness to deal with a varied list of tasks, and involvement in a wide range of projects and take ownership of these.
• Experience and competence in all aspects of Micosoft365
• At least 3 years commercial experience as an Administrator
• Legal Secretary experience would be nice but not essential.

The Details:

Location: Mill Hill, London, NW7 3NL

Salary: £25K - £40K, DOE

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 37 hours a week starting at 9:00am – 5:30pm Monday to Thursday. 

Finish times on Friday’s will vary.