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 completely remote and is for 2 months with the possibility of being made permanent.
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.