You should possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, a solid understanding of legal terminology, and proficiency in office software to support legal professionals effectively.

You will assist with legal documentation, manage case files, communicate with clients, schedule appointments, and support lawyers in various tasks to ensure efficient legal operations.

United Kingdom

Manchester

Slater and Gordon is a prominent UK-based law firm specialising in providing legal services to individuals and businesses. The firm offers a wide range of services, including personal injury claims, family law, employment law, and commercial legal advice. Slater and Gordon’s ultimate mission is to deliver accessible, high-quality legal representation and support to clients, ensuring they receive expert advice and effective solutions tailored to their needs. The firm’s purpose is to advocate for justice and protect the rights of its clients, helping them navigate legal challenges with confidence and competence.

Slater Gordon

Slater and Gordon is one of the UK’s largest law firms, providing you with easy access to world-class legal services.

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 Legal Assistant
 Location: Manchester
 Salary: £Competitive
 Contract Type: Permanent
 Position Type: Full Time
 
 Closing Date: {Expiry Date}
 
 We are currently recruiting for a talented Legal Assistant to join our Clinical Support team who support the award winning Clinical Negligence team in Manchester.
 
 The role will entail supporting our fee earners in the setting up of new files and retaining of customers, ensuring a pro-active and high level of client care. Other duties would include maintaining management information using spreadsheets for management analysis purposes and liaising with potential customers. We would also require the processing of customer correspondence to a high standard and working with the customer onboarding team as required and as such, a high attention to detail is needed.
 
 The position would also need to assist the clinicians team with instruction administration and other matters as necessary.
 
 We would encourage those who have recently graduated to apply for this position. Although a degree is not strictly necessary, the desire to progress within law and Clinical Negligence is helpful, however, we are happy to consider all applicants for the role.
 
 What we offer in return:
 
 We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:
 
 
 <ul>
 <li> Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)</li> 
 <li> 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment</li> 
 <li> 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays</li> 
 <li> Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days</li> 
 <li> Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral</li> 
 <li> Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)</li> 
 <li> 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</li> 
 <li> Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions</li> 
 <li> 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</li> 
 <li> Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more</li> 
 <li> Life Assurance cover</li> 
 <li> Workplace pension</li> 
 <li> Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores</li> 
 <li> Dental Insurance</li> 
 <li> Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services</li>
 </ul>
 
 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.
 
 Our Values
 
 Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.
 
 How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
 <ul>
 <li> We do what we say we will</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li> We don’t wait we create</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li> We own it, we sort it</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li> We respect and encourage each other</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li> We make time to live</li>
 </ul>
 
 The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.
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 Legal Assistant
  Location: Manchester
  Salary: £Competitive
  Contract Type: Permanent
  Position Type: Full Time
 
  Closing Date: {Expiry Date}
 
  We are currently recruiting for a talented Legal Assistant to join our Clinical Support team who support the award winning Clinical Negligence team in Manchester.
 
  The role will entail supporting our fee earners in the setting up of new files and retaining of customers, ensuring a pro-active and high level of client care. Other duties would include maintaining management information using spreadsheets for management analysis purposes and liaising with potential customers. We would also require the processing of customer correspondence to a high standard and working with the customer onboarding team as required and as such, a high attention to detail is needed.
 
  The position would also need to assist the clinicians team with instruction administration and other matters as necessary.
 
  We would encourage those who have recently graduated to apply for this position. Although a degree is not strictly necessary, the desire to progress within law and Clinical Negligence is helpful, however, we are happy to consider all applicants for the role.
 
  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.
 
  Our Values
 
  Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.
 
  How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
 
   We do what we say we will
 
 
   We don’t wait we create
 
 
   We own it, we sort it
 
 
   We respect and encourage each other
 
 
   We make time to live
 
 
  The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.



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