Part-time Administrative Assistant (14 hours) – Family Department

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and professional Administrative Assistant to help with the communication and organisation of our busy family law department. Someone with good organisation skills, who is proactive with excellent oral and written communication abilities.

You will be responsible to Paul Read (Head of Department) and Sarah Inchley (Partner) and a crucial part in assisting the team with all aspects of administration.

Candidates with experience in administration within busy and fast paced environments are encouraged to apply. Candidates with experience outside a legal environment will also be considered.

This role is part-time, working 14 hours per week and based in our Whitechapel office. Our standard working hours are 9.30am – 5.30pm but we can be flexible should the ideal candidate wish to split the 14 hours over two or three days.

About us

We are large team of specialist family lawyers working on factually and legally complicated cases.

The family law department at TV Edwards provides specialist family advice on a wide range of family issues including international child abduction, divorce, modern families and cases involving child protection.

We are ranked and recommended in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners where we are top ranked in Band 1 as one of the leading firms in public law children matters in the UK and currently Band 2 in private law children. Many of our solicitors are accredited to the Law Society’s Children Law Panel and Resolution in recognition of their expertise.

The firm has been recognised in the Sunday Times as one of the “Best places to work 2024” in the UK with excellent scores for job satisfaction, wellbeing and empowerment and with staff proud of the firm and the worthwhile work we do. We offer excellent support and training opportunities, as acknowledged in our Lexcel accreditation. We reward performance, have flexible and hybrid working practices and positively encourage every individual’s wellbeing and contribution to the firm.

Key Competences and Attributes

• Excellent communication and organisation skills;
• Ability to work within a team;
• A positive, ‘can do’ attitude;
• Ability to work well in a fast paced and busy environment;
• Attention to detail with pride in the work delivered;
• Good time management and self-organisation skills;
• Ability to multitask and work towards deadlines;
• Excellent IT skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Agile and able to adapt to specialist case management system (training will be provided)

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensuring good communication in the department by producing a regular departmental newsletter;
• Arranging departmental meetings and actioning the administration of department projects arising;
• Organising the team’s administration for risk and compliance
• Booking courses and seminars for the team and subscriptions for our accreditations;
• Actioning the administration required for our legal directories submissions, legal training sessions and networking events;
• To assist with the administration for the induction of new joiners to the team;
• Assisting with new enquiries from time to time when our Client Service Manager is on leave;
• Retrieving and compiling data and reports from the firm’s case management system;
• Planning for the regular rotation of Trainee Solicitors
• Generally assisting with the organisation and communication within our large team.

The application process

Applications must be on the firm’s application form. We will not consider any applications which are not on the application form.

The application form together with completed equality monitoring questionnaire must be returned to the HR Department. Forms can be downloaded from the website here

Please email a completed application form and equality monitoring questionnaire to HRTeam@tvedwards.com

While we thank you for the interest you have shown in TV Edwards, due to the anticipated response, please be aware that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.