Legal Assistant Bristol 2024

DAS Law is seeking a Legal Assistant to join our friendly Legal Operations team in our city-centre Bristol offices on either a full or part time basis.

In this varied role, the successful candidate will provide general telephone and administrative support to our legal teams, ensuring they are handling confidential information with care and attention to detail. Full training will be provided, and this is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to help ensure the smooth functioning of our office whilst supporting our lawyers with effective case management.

As part of this fast-paced and busy environment, this role will suit those that work well under pressure, whilst maintaining high quality results within tight deadlines.

Key responsibilities 

• Answering reception calls covering all law departments and directing calls appropriately.
• Archiving, including retrieving files and boxes from storage.
• Checking disbursements on settlement of cases, general housekeeping and paying of disbursements by cheque or bank transfer where required (full training will be provided)
• Reviewing of documents to include identifying legally privileged disclosure, redacting and sorting (full training will be provided)
• Handling communication by email, post and phone with prospective new clients.
• Monitoring shared mailboxes and completing tasks where applicable.
• Facilitating the smooth running of the office.

About you

We are keen to hear from applicants with previous experience working within an administrative or customer service based role, however we are open to considering candidates from other employment backgrounds (including retail and hospitality) who are motivated to work in a professional environment and would like to promote and develop their skills.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and IT systems in general.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Commitment to ensuring good customer outcomes.
• Ability to handle confidential data with care and discretion.

What we offer

As a team we are passionate and enthusiastic about what we do. Our people are encouraged to think independently and to take ownership of their work. You will be agile in the way that you work and adaptable to change. In return for your commitment we will offer you generous remuneration and an attractive benefits package which will include:

• 25 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
• Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions
• Group Income Protection for all employees
• Group Legal Protection for all employees
• Health cash Plan
• A choice of either European Motor Assistance or Home Emergency Assistance
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme including free eye tests
• Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits and shopping trips

At DAS we fully support flexible working and are happy to discuss flexible working options

If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.

About the company

DAS UK Group has been helping businesses and individuals get access to justice for over 40 years. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm.

We have historically focussed on delivering legal services to customers solely via our Legal Expenses Insurance products, which provides a steady workload of litigated cases in areas such as;

• Personal Injury
• Litigation & Dispute Management
• Employment
• Business & Commercial

We believe these are exciting times for DAS Law as part of the wider DAS UK Group and we are looking for likeminded individuals who share our ambition to make our high quality legal solutions accessible and affordable. ‘Doing the right thing’ is central to our behaviour – from building trust, being accountable, creating good customer outcomes is at the heart of everything that we do which we believe drives performance.

You can expect to join an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career in ways that traditional law firms cannot. We are also committed to supporting continued professional development and promote both internal Training Contracts and alternative routes to qualification (CILEX).

By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.

If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. In addition to the very genuine development opportunities we provide we also offer a generous reward and benefits package.