Burnetts is one of the most progressive law firms in the North of England and have not only achieved awards for being a Great Place to Work© each year from 2021, but also hold the accreditations for being one of the UK wide Best Workplaces for Women, for Wellbeing, and for Development.
We have an exciting new role of a Legal Assistant, to join our busy Medical Negligence & Serious Injury team based at our Newcastle office on a full-time basis.
Who are we looking for?
The successful candidate will join our busy team and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience of office administration, ideally in a legal environment.
Knowledge and experience of assisting with serious personal injury matters would be welcomed. Specific training will be provided as necessary on our systems, legal procedures and the relevant law.
The role will include:
- Providing fee earner support
- Liaising with counsel and other legal representatives
- Proactively managing diaries and arranging appointments
- Liaise and build relationships as appropriate with clients, experts and their support staff
- General administrative tasks e.g. typing, copying, scanning, file opening and archiving
- Working with a case management system
- Liaising with cashiers to arrange payments & cheque requests as required
- Preparing documents and bundles for fee earners
The successful candidate will have a proactive, ‘can-do’ attitude to enable them to work closely with a team of legal fee-earners, paralegals and legal assistants on all aspects of this work. The ability to work as part of a team is therefore essential together with excellent communication, organisational and IT skills.
What do we offer?
This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate with the potential of longer-term career advancement in a forward-thinking law firm with a well-established client base. Along with this we will provide you with a competitive salary, pension, 30 days holiday and Private Medical Health Insurance; in addition, we will even give you your birthday off every year too!
Our values of Togetherness, Balanced, Accountable, Progressive and Integrity, help to engender a culture of providing excellent client service within a caring and supportive internal environment. Please see our website for further information about who we are and what we value at: https://www.burnetts.co.uk/. To read more about how great it is to work for us, please visit
https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/workplace/item/3520/Burnetts
If this role sounds like the next step in your career, then please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter to yourfuture@burnetts.co.uk
Closing date: Friday, 14th February 2025
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Burnetts Solicitors are committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
If you have not already done so, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations should they be required.
