Will Writer
East Sussex
£Neg
Ref: 1365208

Excellent opportunity to join a professional and expanding local organisation.

The role focuses on carry out drafting of Wills and ancillary documents. Liaise with clients and third parties and provide advice where necessary.

It is essential to have good organisational skills, a flexible approach to work loads, excellent literacy and numeracy skills. Be an excellent team player who has the ability to work to deadlines and who has previous office experience.

Duties

• Drafting Wills and ancillary documents
o Accountable for the due diligence, all dealings with other lawyers and other legal aspects on private client transactions.
o Assess risk on every transaction by using skill to make pragmatic decisions and to ensure appropriate legal advice is given.
o Take responsibility for the quality of legal advice given on every private client transaction allocated to them.
o Ensure that all activities and tasks required to be completed are undertaken promptly and proactively, prioritising where appropriate and supports others to do likewise.
o Raise any complex issues with Senior Will Writer and if necessary refer Will to Senior Will Writer
• Ensure workflow through the case management system
o Dealing with incoming correspondence / emails / faxes
o Carrying out / creating tasks on OMS
o Taking phone calls, recording them on OMS and taking necessary action.
o Proactively progressing cases through OMS
• Communication
o Effectively communicate and ensure implementation of company policies and procedures, plans and principles
• Checking voicemail messages for absent Will Writers
o Logging calls to relevant matter and returning calls if appropriate.
o Seeking advice if necessary.
• File Checking
o When required check files of Will Writers for accuracy
• Other duties required for the role

We endeavour to reply to all applications, however, if you haven’t heard from us within 7 days, you have been unsuccessful with this particular role. You are very welcome to apply to future advertisements placed by The Sammons Group.

The Sammons Group is an Employment Business and Employment Agency as defined by the EAA Regulations 2003, and we abide by the Code of Practice of our industry body (the Recruitment & Employment Confederation - REC).

We are committed to supporting and promoting diversity in the workplace, and have achieved the EQuality Assured standard, as endorsed by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, belief, disability, ethnic origin/nationality, gender/gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation - we recruit on the basis of talent.