Job Description
Legal Assistant
Our values guide our decisions, the way we work and our culture, and the people we ask to join our team. We are always looking to challenge ourselves and our style is based on honesty, friendship and respect.
We have ambitious plans to grow our workforce and services over the next 5 years and we are confident we can achieve our goals.
It’s a very exciting time at Gladstones. If you are inspired by what we are doing, are up for a challenge and share our values we would love to hear from you.
About the role:
Our mission is to support the firm in delivering excellent service to ensure the needs and expectations of our Clients and consumers are satisfied. As a Legal Assistant, you will be responsible for providing the accurate and timely delivery of all administrative tasks:
- Contacting Defendants and the Court service via telephone and email to obtain or provide case updates maintaining a professional manner at all times
- Requesting documents from Clients where necessary
- Working with vulnerable debtors in line with the firm’s policies and procedures
- Inputting of information from Court Orders and hearing results into our Case Management System
- Conducting hearing checks
- Instructing advocates to attend hearings
- Drafting Defences to Counterclaims and further Particulars of Claim where ordered by the Court
- Preparing Trial Bundles and final Witness Statement bundles ready for filing and serving.
Requirements
· Legal administration experience (Desirable)
· GCSE Mathematics and English at grade C or above (required)
· Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel (required)
Gladstones is a fit for you if:
- You want to work in an environment where your input is valued and you can make a real impact
- You are goal orientated and strive to exceed targets
- You have a passion for solving end user problems, big or small
- You understand the challenges and rewards that come with working in debt recovery and look forward to taking them on
Why you'll love working for Gladstones
Aside from the role, the people, our culture and our mission, we have some other things that make Gladstones a pretty awesome place to be. Here’s a few favourites amongst our team:
- Holiday and flexible time off: 30 days annual leave (includes bank holidays & birthday), loyalty holiday incentive scheme (earn up to an additional 5 days holiday per annum) + 5 days additional unpaid leave per anum
- Company Pension (1% above the employer auto-enrolled requirement)
- ❤* Your well-being matters: *Up to 90 minutes paid leave per month for medical appointments. Regular well-being updates· Supporting your family: Monday – Friday working shifts between 9am and 5.30pm. Christmas office shutdown
- Grow with Gladstones: Opportunity to attain professional legal qualifications. Firm progression structure for those looking to build a career
- Referral Scheme: Refer a friend scheme (paying £250 per successful referral)
- Our team: We’re an energetic, sociable and talented bunch who are super passionate about what we do and determined to make a difference. We’re all in it together, we learn from each other, we’re genuine and we don’t have time for politics
- Free parking
- 37.5 hour week Monday to Friday
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £21,300.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Schedule:
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: LAJUN