Legal Administrator Apprentice

Department: Cross-department

Location: Horsforth, LS18 4QD or Leeds Crossgates, LS15 8ET (please state on your application which office you are applying for)

Starting salary: £11,500 per annum (+7.5HRS / week study time)

Vacancy type: Full-time

Qualification earned: Level 3 Business Administration

About the Role

Do you want to kick-start your legal career working in a fast-growing, dynamic, forward-thinking law firm while learning from legal experts and working towards a Level 3 Business Administration qualification? If yes, we’ve got the perfect opportunity for you.

Due to our continued growth, Holden Smith is recruiting for several Legal Administration Apprentices to join the team at our Horsforth or Leeds Crossgates office.

Could you be one of them?

What you’ll be doing in this role:

  • Dealing with telephone, email, and website enquiries

  • File opening

  • Ensuring all enquiries are dealt with in a professional and timely fashion

  • Making appointments

  • Managing a busy diary system

  • Liaising with co-workers

  • Updating management systems

  • Filing, photocopying and scanning documents

  • Checking documents for errors / amendments

  • Ensuring that the company’s policies and procedures are upheld and adhered to at all times

  • Other administration-based duties as and when required

 

What skills we’re looking for:

  • A confident and professional telephone manner

  • Excellent data input skills

  • Good literacy and numeracy skills

  • The ability to work accurately in accordance with the requirements of the team

  • The ability to identify potential improvements to processes communicate them effectively to the manager

  • The ability to deal with enquiries in a customer-friendly and effective manner.

  • The ability to work efficiently under pressure, prioritise workload, and meet team deadlines

  • The ability to work on own initiative and collaboratively as a team

 

To apply, please send your CV and a short cover letter explaining why this role interests you to hr@holdensmith.co.uk. Please also state which office you are applying for in your cover letter.