Administrator

Job Title: Administration Assistant (Legal)

Job reference: SDA/333500

Hours: 35 per-week, 9am – 5pm

Job description: An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Administration Assistant to join an in-house department providing support within Legal Services. This role is currently mostly remote with 1 day a fortnight attending the office. The role is temporary initially with a view to moving over to a fixed term contract.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing administrative support to Legal Advisers and Paralegals in the timely progression of casework – either as part of a case team or on a task basis
• Creating and preparing hearing related bundles from large volumes of documents. Redacting sensitive information from large volumes of documents
• Providing a continuous point of contact and liaison with witnesses in advance of hearings – for example to communicate and facilitate witness scheduling
• Arranging for witnesses to provide video evidence from remote locations
• Making travel and accommodation bookings for GMC Legal Team colleagues
• Providing support to ongoing hearings including late changes to the witness timetable and dealing with any evidence received during the hearing
• Facilitating the lodging and receipt of Court applications and orders
• Answering telephone enquiries from the public, representatives and other professional bodies and making detailed telephone notes
• Facilitating meeting arrangements and booking
• Creating and updating computerised records and documents accurately and promptly, including daily use of the GMC bespoke database, file correspondence and update records
• Filing of documents and administrative support for GMC Legal including archiving documents
• Processing invoices and liaising with Finance and external stakeholders in the event that queries arise

Required Experience:

• Extensive administration experience
• It is not essential to have previous legal experience, an excellent Administrator/Admin Assistant from another sector will be considered

Hourly rate: £10.30 plus holiday pay

To discuss this role in more detail please contact Sophie Anderson on sanderson@venngroup.com or by calling 0161 830 1830

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.