Are you a dynamic Graduate looking for a long-term career prospect? Does the idea of working for a well-established and successful Law Firm excite you?
John W Davies Solicitors and Platform Resourcing are working in partnership to recruit a team of Graduates who can bring their own skillset and personality to the business and become part of the JWD Academy of Training.
As part of this initiative funded by Welsh Government investment and supported by the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, John W Davies Solicitors are looking to recruit five individuals of Graduate status. Successful candidates will be under 24 years of age, currently unemployed.
Essential criteria before reading further.
You MUST:
* Be degree qualified
* Be 24 years of age and under
* Be currently unemployed and available to start work almost immediately
The successful candidates will work within the Chepstow based Client Service Team and gain valuable knowledge and experience of working within the Conveyancing Legal Sector.
Role and Responsibilities:
* Front of house, dealing with clients who visit the offices.
* Assist with the swift on-boarding of prospective clients.
* Manage a pipeline of files and queries from new clients.
* Provide regular updates on cases to clients, agents and third parties via telephone and all other means of communication, doing so promptly, consistently, accurately and efficiently.
* Take ownership for certain tasks, delivering work on time and accurately.
* Build strong relationships internally with the lawyers, management and support staff.
* Demonstrate excellent communication with colleagues.
* Deal with client files – pre-exchange/ completion, re-mortgages and slow moving cases.
* Identify new opportunities for the firm from existing clients and see them through to conclusion.
* Win new business and maximise on existing client potential.
* Increase the firm’s satisfaction ratings with all clients from all sources.
* Maintain management information about our clients and marketing activity.
* Perform regular quality checks on work performed.
* Assist with the teams post completion queries from the Land Registry.
* General administration including dealing with archived files, inbound and outbound post.
Your Specialist Areas We Are Interested In:
Whilst Academy trainees will work within the Client Service Team and gain exposure to the activities listed above, roles within the business have been identified whereby we could add further value. We would therefore ask that should you have an interest / experience in one of the following areas to advise as part of your application to aid us in the shortlisting process:
* IT – Administration; Compliance; Development
* Compliance – GDPR; Data Protection
* Marketing – Media; Website Development; Social Media
* Finance
* General Administration
Essential Requirements:
* Graduate.
* 21-24 years of age, currently unemployed seeking an exciting Academy training opportunity.
* Commitment and enthusiasm to learn and succeed in a career working in the legal sector and to see the training though to the end.
* Knowledge of the legal sector in particular residential conveyancing experience would be an advantage but not essential.
* Self-starter who is adaptive, fast-learning, responsive, reliable, extremely well-organised, detail-oriented and committed to accuracy.
* Strong communication and relationship building skills.
* IT proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), also able to demonstrate use of other IT solutions and systems.
Training
John W Davies Solicitors has partnered with the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David to deliver a cohort of training specifically designed to provide our Academy starters with the essential knowledge to develop a career within the Conveyancing Legal Sector.University of Wales, Trinity Saint David have campuses in Swansea, Carmarthen, Cardiff, Lampeter, Birmingham and London with further Education centres in Bridgend and Newport. It is envisaged that training will be delivered on-site and or remotely.
To Apply:
If this role sounds ideal for you, please apply immediately by submitting your CV to Natalie Poynton in the Newport branch of Platform Resourcing, for further information please call our office on who are interested in applying for a position should do so by (phone number removed).
Closing Date for Expressions of Interest:
14th February 2021
*Please note, John W Davies are offering a Training Academy opportunity and not a traditional Training Contract.
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