Legal Support Apprentice

at  Gateway

AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR TEAM AS AN APPRENTICE

• A fantastic career opportunity to join one of the biggest and busiest barristers chambers in the country. The role is challenging and fulfilling and has real potential for progression. Its criminal team has a national reputation for prosecuting and defending for all kinds of cases from murder to burglary. PSQB is a fantastic and supportive place to start your career.

DESIRED SKILLS

• 4-9 grades English and maths GCSE’s
• Local viable commute essential
• Confident with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and manage reception in conjunction with other administration duties
• Good attention to detail
• Good working knowledge of ICT packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to demonstrate or gain a clear understanding of the firm’s in-house systems where training will be given
• Excellent presentation, organisation and timekeeping skills
• Awareness of confidentiality and safeguarding
• The ability to use own initiative, be able to work individually as well as part of a team
• Must be well-presented with a clear, pleasant telephone manner
• Good organisational skills
• Good client care skills

YOUR ROLE

The Clerks room is open planned with clerks sat in their respective teams.
We have 6 criminal clerks – a couple work from home on odd days but the majority work in the office.
It can get very busy in the afternoons but our team are very friendly and work very well together.

THE ROLE WILL INCLUDE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Provide invaluable admin support.
• Access to lots of email mailboxes to check case and court listings.
• Uploading papers and booking in cases.
• Chasing case papers and scheduling case meeting.
• In time - taking telephone calls speaking to clients and our barristers