Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 500 lawyers and legal professionals based in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: property, corporate services, litigation and private client advisory.
We are defined by our Next Level Law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face.
Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do. RollOnFriday recently ranked us as the 5th best law firm to work at in 2024.
With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 40% of our partnership. |
The Property Litigation team sits within the Litigation department and has sub-teams in 4 of our 5 office’s (Chelmsford, Ipswich, Norwich and Cambridge); the Property Litigation team is the largest in the region, consisting of 4 partners and approximately 20 fee-earners.
Consistently ranked Top Tier for Legal 500 and Chambers, our Property Litigation Team acts for a wide range of clients including private individuals, partnerships, trusts, registered social landlords and corporate clients in both the public and private sectors, providing essential support to what clients and legal commentators consider to be one of the largest and best regarded property departments in the East of England.
Our lawyers come from a range of backgrounds, including major City practices, other major national and regional firms, industry and local government. Within the team there is a commitment to providing our clients with the very best level of service based on a thorough understanding of the law, applied with common sense and commercial acumen. We aim to proved ‘next level’ law.
Whilst we have centres of excellence in each of the East Anglian counties, we also pride ourselves in our expertise in specialisms that attract nationwide instructions for matters such as telecoms, rights of way, commons and greens, rights to light, and agricultural property. |
The Property Litigation team is now recruiting for an articulate and forward thinking Team Administrator to come and join us in our Cambridge office.
You will provide professional, pro-active, and high level administration support to a group of fee earners and to the wider fee earning team.
Key accountabilities include:
- Proactively working with fee earners to ensure relevant documentation is produced to meet clients’ expectations and deadlines
- File Opeing
- Accounts billing to include raising and sending invoices, managing bad debt
- Good standard in Word – formatting, processing amendments, numbering etc;
- Process expense claims, payment requisition forms, returned advances;
- Accurately maintain and update client and other relevant contact details on our client database;
- Ensure that all electronic filing and paper based filing is up to date and maintained at regular intervals;
- Respond to internal and external telephone enquiries professionally;
- Proactively support other members of the secretarial team and to provide cover as and when necessary to ensure that work is completed to a high standard and meets the required deadlines.
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You will have the ability to contribute at an operational level, with excellent communication skills and can demonstrate general skills in:
- Strong administration experience;
- Positive, enthusiastic and professional approach;
- Strong attention to detail, high level organisational skills and reliable;
- Self-motivated with an ability to use own initiative with a desire to learn.
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One of the best things about joining Birketts is our rewards package. At Birketts we are appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. A competitive salary and benefits package is given but you can also expect a great team and supportive colleagues, a strong focus on diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities, a programme of wellbeing and mental health support and structured career development and study support.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
- Long Service holiday award – 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
- Private Healthcare - BUPA (offered after probation is passed)
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)
- Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)
- Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
- Paid ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) day
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Season Ticket Loan
- Gym Flex membership
- Electric car scheme
- Dress for your Day Policy
- Agile Working Policy.
We are committed to recruiting individuals on merits of suitability for each role, on the basis of qualifications and experience. All applications are treated fairly and equally regardless of sexual orientation, race, disability, religious beliefs and any other protected characteristic, ensuring that there are equal opportunities at all stages of the recruitment process. |