Position Overview & Specifications

One of the country's largest firm of costs lawyers and law costs draftsmen is looking to recruit an Administrative Assistant to work from the Birmingham office and join our established team.

We provide legal costing, negotiation, advocacy and advisory services to solicitors and barristers.

Why work for The John M Hayes Partnership?

The John M Hayes Partnership is an employee owned company.

This means that the company operates for the benefit of all employees. This was part of John Hayes’ ethos before he handed the company to all employees and now even more prominent in the decisions the business makes.

The benefits afforded as a result of employees ownership are provided to all employees and therefore successful applicants will automatically benefit from this after the qualifying period has expired.

All employees are entitled to receive a share of the profits paid by the company, but the benefits go beyond monetary gains. You will benefit from a working environment that encourages and cares for employee well being and truly gives its employees a representative voice.

Successful applicants will require:

Proven administrative experience
Organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
Verbal and written communication skills proven at all levels
Customer relationship skills
Ability to work on own initiative and in a team with a strong work ethic
IT knowledge of Microsoft Office
An ability to understand new programmes quickly
Initiative in respect of problem solving and dealing with new IT software/file formats
Good experience of Outlook and Excel
GSCE grades A to C in Maths and English

Administrative duties:

General administration tasks such as dealing with telephone calls, e-mails, data entry, organising and arranging files
Liaising with internal and external parties
Communicate with clients and providing updates
Working with spreadsheets
Supporting Processing Team with other administrative duties including submitting claims to the Legal Aid Agency

The role is office based and full training will be provided.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £20,100.00 per year

Benefits: