Legal Reception Assistant
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Salary £24,000 - £25,000
The Reception Assistant will provide first point of contact to all clients visiting the office and will be based in reception. They will be responsible for ensuring fee earners are told when clients have arrived for appointments and will ensure accurate messages are taken and information conveyed without delay.
The Reception Assistant will form part of the document production team undertaking block typing through manual transcription, digital dictation and voice recognition and assist with filing across the business.

• Provide outstanding levels of client service to clients attending the office or calling in.
• Ensure clients are provided with refreshments.
• Maintain a clean and tidy reception area.
• Dealing with incoming and outgoing mail;
• Closing files in accordance with procedures;
• Maintaining the office archive system;
• Maintaining petty cash and ensuring payment of authorised expenses, entering information on the accounts database, raising cheques, daily banking duties;
• Initial responsibility for health and safety, accident reporting and First Aid matters as per the Health and Safety policy.
• Support the Team Leader as necessary with administrative duties.
• Maintain high levels of client and company confidentiality.
• Take telephone calls on behalf of all staff and convey messages in a timely manner.
• To arrange appointments as required.
• To ensure appropriate information is recorded on the appropriate file management system.
• Create and maintain accurate records
• Store and retrieve Wills and Deeds as requested and maintain company’s database for the same
• Transcribe information from manual document or audio.
• To perform all necessary typing/word-processing, accurately and to deadline within the pool environment across all areas of the law
• To keep work up-to-date – adopting the oldest/most urgent first principle.
• Undertake other duties, as appropriate as directed by the Team Leader
• Work as a team member.