Do you have good legal administrative experience ?

Come and help support our Employment Law team here at Markel Law

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

We have an excellent opportunity for a Legal Administrative Assistant to join our team at Markel Law on an initial 1 year FTC. This is a specialist unit of ten lawyers and two support staff which focuses on fighting Employment Tribunal claims, generally on behalf of companies defending claims. The team is split across Manchester and Croydon, with this role being an office based role in Manchester. The work is fast moving and interesting, with high volumes of cases, and the successful candidate will receive full training in our internal practices and procedures.

Markel Law LLP (Markel Law) is an independent SRA authorised and regulated legal business offering services to both insured and non-insured clients. We are expert in legal services and specialise in civil and employment disputes and regulatory law. Our legal advice line helps over 200,000 callers every year and our award winning Law Hub is used by thousands of businesses daily.

Our clients and business partners comprise businesses, high net worth individuals, and associations across a broad spectrum of industries. We operate out of offices in Manchester, London and Croydon and employ over 60 specialist solicitors. Our legal teams guide, support, defend and protect clients through a wide range of key legal services.
 

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as administrative support for Markel Law’s Employment Disputes team, opening new matters on our case management system, monitoring and distributing incoming post and emails, and assisting with case preparation through generating physical or electronic bundles for Tribunal hearings

• Ensuring all files are maintained within required standards and in line with relevant procedure

• Be responsible for diary management, co-ordinate client appointments including liaising with new and existing clients

• Communicate effectively with the team to ensure workloads are prioritised correctly and timescales provided where necessary

• Assist with the completion of billing for the team

• Be able to meet crucial deadlines and display key time management skills when complying with Court orders, filing and serving legal documents to legal representatives, the respondents and the Court

• Gain excellent communication skills when arranging advocates meetings by liaising parties and Counsel through conference calls

• Be able to work well under pressure when preparing bundles, diarising court dates, drafting letters and paginating documents for the Court and Counsel in readiness for upcoming hearings

• Display the ability to be adaptable and independent when managing a large case load by regularly updating the department’s case management system and archiving finished cases

Our must haves:

• Have experience of working within the legal sector

• Demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills with an ability to prioritise workload

• Have good IT skills, certainly with experience in using Microsoft Office 2010, and with experience of Partner for Windows being very beneficial also

• Excellent data entry skills, including strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Word processing and audio typing skills

• Demonstrate first class client care and communication skills across all levels

• Have high attention to detail and accurate case management skills.

• Excellent written communication skills

• Effective team mate demonstrate positive and co-operative interaction with team members

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…

• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave

• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.