Vacancies
Legal : Qualified vacancies
Legal : Non-qualified vacancies
Support staff vacancies
Legal : Qualified vacancies
NQ Solicitor/CILex, Insurance (Ref 775)
NQ Solicitor/CILex, Insurance (Ref 775)
Forbes Solicitors, a top 200 law firm and one of the leading firms in the North of England, has an exciting opportunity for the right candidate within the ever-expanding Insurance team based at its Blackburn office.
Forbes Solicitors has a growing team of over 320 across its 9 Lancashire, Manchester and Leeds offices and is a full service law firm.
The role will include:-
- Working within the Social Services and Abuse Claims Team dealing with complex and sensitive matters
- Directly supporting the file handling team
- Undertaking legal research and drafting
- Preparing detailed chronologies of social care documentation
- Lists of documents and digital redaction
- Some administrative support to the team
- Using the firms case management systems
The successful candidate will ideally:-
- Be a qualified Solicitor or CILEX
- Have an interest in long term development/progression within the department and business development
- Have some prior experience with social care, Court of Protection, deprivation of liberty, family and human rights although not essential
- Have the ability to work unsupervised, use initiative and be methodical
- Have the ability to work on large quantities of documents, maintaining concentration and retaining attention to detail
- have the ability to work as part of a team and be reliable and enthusiastic
- have competent IT skills
- have previous knowledge of a case management system would be desirable, however, full training will be given
- have a full UK driving licence is required as travel will be required throughout the North West region.
This is a full time, permanent role.
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 24 August 2018
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
Legal : Non-qualified vacancies
Paralegal, Housing & Regeneration (Litigation) (Ref 779)
Paralegal, Housing & Regeneration (Litigation) (Ref 779)
Forbes Solicitors, one of the largest regional law firms in the North West, has a vacancy for a Paralegal to join its busy Housing Department based at the Leeds office.
The role will include preparation of documentation, legal research, meeting with clients/taking meeting notes, providing secretarial, administrative and legal support to fee earners, arranging appointments and assisting fee earners with administration of client files.
The successful candidate will:
- have previous experience in litigation.
- ideally be CILEX qualified, or hold other further education qualifications (e.g.LLB, A Levels)
- have an interest in long term development / progression in the department
- have the ability to work unsupervised and good self-motivation skills
- have the ability to work as part of a team and be reliable and enthusiastic
- good IT skills
- the ability to touch type would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be given
Forbes is an Investor in People Firm with a solid commitment to training and development of all our staff.
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 24 August 2018
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
Support staff vacancies
IT Case Management Developer, IT Department, Rutherford House (Ref 782)
IT Support Engineer, IT Dept, Rutherford House (Ref 781)
Office Assistant (leading to Apprenticeship), Preston (Ref 780)
Secretary/Admin Assistant, Family, Chorley (Ref 778)
Receptionist, Reception, Chorley (Ref 777)
Admin Assistant (leading to Apprenticeship), Chorley (Ref 771)
Trainee Credit Control Clerk (Ref 770)
Finance Assistant, Rutherford House (Ref 769)
IT Case Management Developer, IT Department, Rutherford House (Ref 782)
Forbes Solicitors, one of the largest Law Firms in the North of England, has a vacancy for an IT Case Management Developer at the Rutherford House office in Blackburn.
We are looking to complement our hard working and talented IT department with an ambitious and knowledgeable IT Case Management Developer. Previous work experience from Legal IT industry is desirable, but not essential.
The position will involve working as a member of a team within the office and to undertake the following duties:
- Troubleshooting of software and hardware problems
- Developing and updating internal case management system (Tikit)
- Developing and updating company’s website
- Developing other various internal projects
- To contribute fully to achieve the IT Dept. annual plans and to its continuing development
- To carry out tasks either individually or as part of a team
- To manage your personal time to ensure that agreed workloads are completed
- satisfactorily and to target
- To carry out other tasks as assigned by the Director of IT
The successful applicant will have:
- 5 GCSEs A to C, or equivalent, including Maths, English Language and ICT
- Graduate in an IT related course
- Problem solving and analytical thinking
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills
- Good understanding of MS Office family of software and Development
- Troubleshooting computer systems and software
- Visual Basic, C# (essential) and Python programming
- Visual Studio (essential)
- Case Management Development (Tikit desirable)
- XML (essential), PHP, HTML and CSS
- Drupal & WordPress platforms (desirable)
- Windows Server 2012 and above
- A clean driving licence and access to a vehicle (desirable)
The hours will be 8.30am until 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, commencing with 20 holidays pro rata, plus the 8 statutory bank holidays.
Salary: Negotiable dependent on experience.
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:-
IT: 1 year
IT Developer: 1 year
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 31 August 2018
IT Support Engineer, IT Dept, Rutherford House (Ref 781)
Forbes Solicitors, one of the largest Law Firms in the North of England, has a vacancy for
an IT Support Engineer at the Rutherford House office in Blackburn.
The position will involve working as a member of a team within the office and to undertake the following duties:
- To install, maintain and support all software and hardware used within the Firm
- To contribute fully to achieve the IT Dept annual plans and to its continuing development
- To carry out tasks either individually or as part of a team
- To manage your personal time to ensure that agreed workloads are completed
satisfactorily and to target
- To carry out other tasks as assigned by the Director of IT
The successful applicant will have:
- 5 GCSEs A to C, or equivalent, including Maths, English Language and ICT
- good interpersonal and organisational skills
- technical experience ideally in a support environment
- a clean driving licence and access to a vehicle (desirable)
Full training will be provided. The hours will be 8.30am until 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, commencing with 20 holidays pro rata, plus the 8 statutory bank holidays. In addition to this the successful applicant will be part of a rotating 1 week ‘out of hours’ on-call rota.
Forbes Solicitors is an accredited Investors in People firm, is committed to training and developing its staff and has won an employer award for its commitment to staff training & development.
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 31 August 2018
Office Assistant (leading to Apprenticeship), Preston (Ref 780)
Forbes Solicitors, one of the largest Law Firms in the North, has a vacancy for an Office Assistant based at the Preston Office.
The position will involve working as a member of a team within the office the successful applicant will ideally have:
•5 GCSEs A to C, or equivalent, including Maths, English Language & ICT – essential criteria;
•good interpersonal and organisational and IT skills;
•a willingness to learn to touch type and develop skills as they progress within the Firm.
Duties will include:
•filing of correspondence
•administration and distribution of correspondence, incoming and outgoing - including
internal mail to other branches.
•inputting data on to the case management system
•archiving files
•reception and switchboard cover
Full training will be provided, including undertaking the Apprenticeship, which includes a BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Business Admin
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 31 August 2018
Secretary/Admin Assistant, Family, Chorley (Ref 778)
Forbes Solicitors, a top 200 law firm and one of the leading firms in the North of England, has an exciting opportunity for the right candidate within the ever-expanding Family team based in Chorley.
A vacancy has arisen for a Secretary/Admin Assistant within the Matrimonial/Family Department based at the Chorley Office.
Working within the Matrimonial/Family Department and as part of a team, the role will include:
• Working in co-operation with fee earners and other colleagues
• Typing from digital dictation
• Opening and closing files on the case management system
• Typing letters, notes, memos and other documents, using the firm’s case management system
• Sending faxes and emails
• Filing and photocopying
• Dealing with clients in person and by phone
The successful applicant will ideally have:
• 5 GCSEs A-C, or equivalent, including Maths and English Language
• touch typing speeds of 30wpm, or willingness to learn
• excellent attention to detail and proof reading skills
• excellent interpersonal organisational and IT skills
In addition, the role will include ensuring that departmental documentation and file management meets the firm’s LAA (Legal Aid Agency) SQM (Specialist Quality Mark) standards.
Departmental specific training and individual development will be given to the successful candidate. The hours of work will be 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday, commencing with 20 holidays, plus 8 statutory bank holidays.
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 22 August 2018
Receptionist, Reception, Chorley (Ref 777)
Forbes Solicitors, one of the largest Law Firms in the North, has a vacancy for a Receptionist to work at their Chorley office.
Working within a team of receptionists on a busy switchboard, the successful candidate will have:
- Previous reception experience, ideally in a legal setting
- Professional telephone manner
- Good communication Skills
- 5 GCSEs A to C, or equivalent, including Maths & English Language
- Flexibility
- Be able to demonstrate the Forbes Values
Duties for the position include:
- Receiving and dealing with clients
- Arranging appointments as appropriate
- Switchboard duties including distribution of messages and correspondence
- General administration
- Liaison with other offices
- In addition you may be required to undertake such other duties commensurate with your position and hours as may reasonably be expected.
The hours will be 08.30am until 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, commencing with 20 holidays, plus 8 statutory bank holidays.
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 22 August 2018
Admin Assistant (leading to Apprenticeship), Chorley (Ref 771)
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Forbes Solicitors, one of the largest Law Firms in the North of England, has a vacancy for an Administrative Assistant within the Housing & Regeneration (Litigation) Department based at the Chorley office.
Working within the Housing & Regeneration (Litigation) department and as part of a team the successful applicant will ideally have:
Duties will include:
office records
Departmental specific training will be given, including undertaking the Apprenticeship, which includes a BTEC Level II in Business Administration at the Forbes Training Centre in Blackburn. The hours of work will be 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday, commencing with 20 holidays, plus 8 statutory bank holidays. Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
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If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 28 August 2018
Trainee Credit Control Clerk (Ref 770)
Forbes Solicitors, a top 200 law firm and one of the leading firms in the North of England, has an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Credit Control Clerk within the Credit Control department based at Preston.
The role will include liaising with Fee Earners, Heads of Department, Cashiers and Forbes Debt Collect, dealing with clients by letter, email, telephone and face to face, updating the case management system, reviewing financial ledgers, processing card payments.
The successful applicant will ideally have:
- 5 GCSEs grades A to C (or equivalent) including Maths & English Language (English Language at grade B)
- good interpersonal and verbal communication skills
- good numeracy, organisation and IT skills
- a willingness to develop skills as they progress
We are prepared to consider applicants without credit control experience as full training will be provided, together with undertaking the Apprenticeship, which includes a BTEC Level II Diploma in Business Administration at the Forbes Training Centre in Blackburn.
The hours will be 9.00am until 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, commencing with 20 holidays, plus 8 statutory bank holidays.
Forbes Solicitors is an accredited Investors in People firm, is committed to training and developing its staff and has recently won an employer award for its commitment to staff training & development.
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 07 September 2018
Finance Assistant, Rutherford House (Ref 769)
Forbes Solicitors, a top 200 law firm and one of the leading firms in the North of England, has an exciting opportunity for the right candidate within the Finance Department based at Rutherford House.
The Finance Department has been growing and we are seeking a Finance Assistant to join the team.
The purpose of the role is to assist the Financial Controller with the day to day running of the Finance Department, and will include:
- Providing timely and accurate responses to queries
- Running reports as required from the accounting system
- Assisting the Financial Controller with a review of financial processes to improve efficiencies and ensure compliance with accounting standards and SRA Accounts rules
- Assisting with the month-end routine
- Undertaking general cashiering tasks to support the wider Finance department as required
- Data input and administrative tasks
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- 5 GCSEs grades A to C (or equivalent) including Maths & English Language
- A Levels in Accounting / Level 3 AAT, or currently working towards
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Good interpersonal and verbal communication skills
- Good numeracy, organisation and IT skills, including Microsoft Office and in particular Excel
- Excellent attention to detail
- A willingness to develop skills as they progress
The hours will be 9.00am until 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, commencing with 20 holidays, plus 8 statutory bank holidays.
If you wish to join this progressive Firm, please apply online by completing our online application form.
Closing Date: 31 August 2018
Forbes Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities Organisation
