Senior Legal Assistant - Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts

Location: ReadingSalary: competitive plus benefitsHours: full-time, permanent, hybrid working available

My client is a highly regarded law firm with offices across the local area. Their successful approach is reflected in a series of rankings, nominations and awards and the outstanding feedback they receive. They also hold the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark, which recognises firms that achieve excellence in legal practice management and client care.

This role:

My client is currently recruiting for a Senior Legal Assistant to join their growing Wills, Probate, Tax and Trusts team based in Reading.

They compare favourably alongside national, City and other regional firms and are ranked as a top tier firm in the UK's leading legal directories, The Legal 500 and Chambers HNW.

Key responsibilities include:

• Processing clients’ cases on a timely and cost-effective basis
• Providing assistance to lawyers in the team and deal with tasks as delegated
• Undertaking drafting and legal research, file administration and data management
• Maintaining the highest professional standards in accordance with the firm’s objectives and comply with the firm’s quality standards
• Keeping clients fully informed of the range of services that the firm offers

The successful candidate will:

• Have at least a 2.1 degree.
• Demonstrate a genuine interest in and ideall experience isWills, Probate, Tax & Trusts
• Experience working as a Legal Assistant, Secretary or Paralegal
• Have proficient knowledge of MS Word and other Office products and ideally experience of working with a practice management system or large database
• Be a good team player with willingness to offer support to others in the team

A generous salary and benefits package is dependent upon experience.