Harding Evans are looking for an experienced Paralegal to join their busy Family and Matrimonial Team in Newport to act for clients in a range of matters relating to private family and matrimonial and manage all client work allocated in accordance with the Firm’s standards.

The role responsibilities are:

• To support your fee earners by ensuring all routine administrative processes are managed along with managing diary commitments.
• To prepare correspondence through audio typing and word processing.
• To deal with routine post, drafting straightforward replies as appropriate.
• To administer filing relating to Matrimonial and Children matters including daily filing, opening, closing storage and retrieval of client files in accordance with the procedures contained within the office manual.
• Resolving debit or credit balances on files enabling them to be closed.
• To act in a fee earning capacity andto accurately record and submit regular time recording in line with the firm’s/departments policy.
• To achieve agreed levels of billing and time recording
• To ensure all financial controls procedures are followed particularly in respect of billing procedures and collection of monies.
• To ensure that all client work relating to own files is processed correctly and expeditiously and that the client is kept regularly informed of progress and costs.
• To manage and deal with all correspondence associated with own files on a daily basis,
• To maintain and update files with relevant correspondence to ensure files remain current and up to date.
• Updating the case management system efficiently and effectively in accordance with departmental processes and procedures.
• When required, arrange and attend conferences with Counsel, instruct experts and review export reports.
• Liaise with legal representatives including counsel, costs drafts persons, experts etc.
• Manage periodic payments on account as agreed by the fee earner.
• To follow file reviews procedures ensuring that these are dealt with promptly.
• Carry out periodic costs checks on files as requested by the fee earner.
• Assist with and undertake tasks relating to fee earner’s family and matrimonial caseloads when required.
• Assist the department in developing work processes for family and matrimonial cases when required.
• To undertake administration work on own files and support senior fee earners with the same.
• To ensure that support staff allocated are progressing your work in a timely manner.
• To prepare bundles of documents for counsel and experts and trial bundles when required.
• To attend to clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide such support in a
• professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm’s standards for client care
• To provide support to the support staff and fee earners as required
• Greeting and dealing with “walk in” clients, to the office to take initial instructions or brief updates on their matter.
• Preparing draft bills
• To maintain flexibility to attend conferences with clients which, on occasions may be outside of ‘normal working hours.’
• To ensure the confidentiality of all the firm’s and client’s documentation and information.
• To undertake any other duty as reasonably requested of you and within your capabilities including reception cover, post room cover and court run cover (full training provided.)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Work Location: In perso

• To support your fee earners by ensuring all routine administrative processes are managed along with managing diary commitments.
• To prepare correspondence through audio typing and word processing.
• To deal with routine post, drafting straightforward replies as appropriate.
• To administer filing relating to Matrimonial and Children matters including daily filing, opening, closing storage and retrieval of client files in accordance with the procedures contained within the office manual.
• Resolving debit or credit balances on files enabling them to be closed.
• To act in a fee earning capacity andto accurately record and submit regular time recording in line with the firm’s/departments policy.
• To achieve agreed levels of billing and time recording
• To ensure all financial controls procedures are followed particularly in respect of billing procedures and collection of monies.
• To ensure that all client work relating to own files is processed correctly and expeditiously and that the client is kept regularly informed of progress and costs.
• To manage and deal with all correspondence associated with own files on a daily basis,
• To maintain and update files with relevant correspondence to ensure files remain current and up to date.
• Updating the case management system efficiently and effectively in accordance with departmental processes and procedures.
• When required, arrange and attend conferences with Counsel, instruct experts and review export reports.
• Liaise with legal representatives including counsel, costs drafts persons, experts etc.
• Manage periodic payments on account as agreed by the fee earner.
• To follow file reviews procedures ensuring that these are dealt with promptly.
• Carry out periodic costs checks on files as requested by the fee earner.
• Assist with and undertake tasks relating to fee earner’s family and matrimonial caseloads when required.
• Assist the department in developing work processes for family and matrimonial cases when required.
• To undertake administration work on own files and support senior fee earners with the same.
• To ensure that support staff allocated are progressing your work in a timely manner.
• To prepare bundles of documents for counsel and experts and trial bundles when required.
• To attend to clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide such support in a
• professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm’s standards for client care
• To provide support to the support staff and fee earners as required
• Greeting and dealing with “walk in” clients, to the office to take initial instructions or brief updates on their matter.
• Preparing draft bills
• To maintain flexibility to attend conferences with clients which, on occasions may be outside of ‘normal working hours.’
• To ensure the confidentiality of all the firm’s and client’s documentation and information.
• To undertake any other duty as reasonably requested of you and within your capabilities including reception cover, post room cover and court run cover (full training provided.