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Planning Administration Assistant
Apply locations Nottingham posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id JR100838
About the team
To provide an effective and efficient administrative support service to the Planning Team.
About the role
To provide an effective and efficient administrative support service to the hiring manager and team. We trust our people to work flexibly in the way that works best for them, their teams and our clients. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all.
Key Responsibilities
1. Assist on confidential client matters
2. Respond to clients and lawyers and provide updates to them
3. Deal with correspondence
4. Prepare legal applications
5. Log and distribute incoming correspondence and emails
6. Process and track legal work
7. Record and monitor deadlines
8. Collect and retrieve information from files as needed
9. Process and distribute documents effectively
10. Plan and schedule appointments, conferences, and meetings
11. Provide administrative support including copying and scanning
12. Maintain accurate records
13. Interim billing of files working to the practice guidelines
14. To carry out any other such reasonable tasks that may be required from time to time.
Your skills and qualifications
1. Flexible and professional approach
2. Ability to communicate at all levels of the business both internally and externally
3. Be able to use your own initiative with a high level of accuracy
4. Be able to prioritise and work to deadlines
5. Excellent knowledge of databases
6. Methodical and excellent attention to detail
7. Be able to work independently and as part of a team
Smart. Bold. Together. We Are Freeths.
Become part of the team at Freeths.
Do we sound like a match? If you’re someone who cares deeply, communicates openly and collaborates effectively, then we’d love to have you join our diverse, inclusive team.
About Us
We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting.
1. Think Ambition: Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support. It’s helped us to grow an award-winning reputation in the eyes of our clients and competitors that each and every one of the Freeths team works hard to uphold in everything we do.
2. Think Recognition: Sharing success matters to us. We love to showcase excellent work across the firm and celebrate our people through our employee awards. We recognise our teams work hard together to deliver the best solutions for our clients.
3. Think Together: Our people are at the heart of what makes Freeths such a great place to be. We’re a firm where people care about each other and employee wellbeing is high on the agenda. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all.
We're committed to championing diversity and building an inclusive culture. We want to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background. We welcome applications from everybody, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds.
We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency. If you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact !recruitmentfreeths@freeths.co.uk and we will be happy to discuss.
Recruitment Agencies
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