Court Department Administrator

Salary: £26,000 per year

Our client is seeking a Court Department Administrator

Position: Handler, Working within the Court Agency Department

Excellent Administrator skills will be required as will the ability to work well in a small team and on your own initiative. The ability to work well under pressure.

An overview

All our clients are within the legal profession, you will need to possess a good friendly and professional telephone manner as you are their point of contact and representing our company at all times.

Upon receiving instructions, you will be responsible for making appointments and entering these in the diary system.

You will be responsible for a group of 20-30 Advocates allocated to you, from allocation of Client instruction and Court hearing until the matter has been heard and completed.

Ensuring the Advocate can attend the hearing and updating the diary system.

On receipt of papers, uploading onto our web based system and updating the diary.

On completion of a case, invoicing the relevant client

General electronic filing

A good understanding of Microsoft office 365, word doc and excel

Your role- Key responsibilities

1. Attending clients and other professional bodies on the telephone

2. Liaising with Advocates (a person who attends county courts)

3. Typing to include Briefs, Reports & Invoices

4. Inputting/updating Diary

5. Booking Court Hearings

6. Ensuring the Advocates assigned to you have the right Court papers in time for hearings

7. Reporting to clients with Advocates notes and report of the hearing

8. General office duties, Post.

Dress Code: Business Attire

Hours of work: Contractually 9:00 am to 5:30 pm (inclusive of 1 hour lunch break)

Mondays to Fridays Note: office closes at 5:00 pm

Holidays: 20 days plus bank holidays Plus all Bank Holidays (Pro-rata)

We endeavour to reply to all applications, however, if you haven`t heard from us within 7 days, you have been unsuccessful with this particular role. You are very welcome to apply to future advertisements placed by Grafters Recruitment Consultants / Grafters Accountancy Personnel.