Legal Assistant - Clinical Negligence

1. We are recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our successful Clinical Negligence team in Cardiff.
2. We are looking for those who can produce file and telephone notes and court documents and will also be responsible for preparing and calculating figures for costs update letters and opening new matters.
3. We provide Hybrid working -2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)

We are recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our successful Clinical Negligence team in Cardiff.

Please note this is a fixed-term contract role covering maternity leave until June 2025.

Supporting the wider team, we are looking for those who can produce file and telephone notes and court documents. The successful applicant will also be responsible for preparing and calculating figures for costs update letters and opening new matters. Other duties would include producing welcome packs, time recording and indexing documents. Alongside this, there will also be times where conferences with experts will need to be arranged, with booking travel/accommodation and courses for fee earners.

There will also be a billing element to the role, checking disbursements, chasing invoices and dealing with account queries.

What we offer in return:

We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:

• Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
• 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment
• 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
• Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral
• Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
• Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
• Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injury
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
• Life Assurance cover
• Workplace pension
• Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
• Dental Insurance
• Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services

Your Professional Development

We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.