Administrator

Fixed Term Contract / Secondment
6 months
Full time
35 hours per week
£20,500 per annum
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham

What's in it for me:
• Join a multifaceted and busy team who work hard together
• Enjoy a supportive working environment
• Utilise your networking skills working across the organisation

The role:
The Administration department provides support to the Membership Services directorate of the Law Society. This includes processing applications for various accreditation schemes and updating membership group records. In this exciting role, you will review accreditation applications and by following process maps, you will ensure thorough checks are completed before passing applications on to assessors. This is a great role for someone who has experience gained in a similar busy office environment, enjoys working to process, and has excellent attention to detail.

What we're looking for:
• Good customer service skills and confident in dealing with people at all levels
• Strong IT skills including database management
• Previous administration experience and the ability to multi-task


To apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter. Please ensure that your CV and covering letter clearly demonstrate how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this role.

Please note, interviews will be held on 13th and 14th March 2017.

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Educated to A level or equivalent including English and Mathematics

Proven administrative and secretarial experience with an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Access, Excel, Word and Power Point or similar package in windows environment.

Keyboard skills – 50wpm

Excellent written and oral communication skills, maintaining highly professional and courteous manner at all times

Ability to deliver high quality customer service and handle customer enquiries with tact and diplomacy

Ability to organise own workload, work to tight deadlines and prioritise effectively

Attention to detail; accuracy and quality conscious

Ability to use initiative in a busy environment, as well as willingness to undertake routine work where necessary

Effective team player with ability to develop positive relationships with team members, external and internal stakeholders

Strong numeric skills

Desirable

Experience of working in, or an understanding of the workings of a Committee environment and the provision of a full Secretariat service

Ability to manage routine financial activity associated with a membership/subscription service and benefits delivery operation.

Experience of legal professional practice and/or other professional/member services

Largely administrative in nature the postholder may be required to provide ad-hoc help line support

The postholder must deliver advice in a professional and authoritative manner.

Communication lines with members of the service, external consultants and assessors, internal and external stakeholders such as lenders, insurers, law Firms applying for registration, other departments of the Law Society in the course of their work (finance, post and print rooms, meetings & events, etc.)

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
Vacancy closing date: 09/04/2017, 23:55
The Law Society is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.