Job Description

Legal Assistant Private Client (Wills & Probate)

Salary: DOE

Location: Romford/ East London

Specialist Work. Genuine Support. A Team That Actually Values You.

Our client is a multi-office Lexcel accredited high street practice with a well-established reputation across East London and Essex. Their Private Client department handles a substantial and varied caseload and they are now looking for an experienced Legal Assistant to support a senior solicitor and legal executive on a full range of Wills Probate LPA Trust and Estate Planning matters.

This is not a junior admin role. They want someone who knows their way around a Private Client caseload can work with confidence and minimal supervision and is ready to be a genuine contributor to a busy specialist team.

If you have at least two years experience supporting within Private Client and you are looking for a role where your contribution is recognisedincluding a share of your supervisors profit-related bonus this is worth reading.

The Role

Job Title: Legal Assistant Private Client (Wills & Probate)

Salary: (dependant on experience)

Location: Romford Essex (with occasional cover across Gidea Park and Collier Row offices)

Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00am 5:00pm (4-day week considered)

Working Arrangements: Office-based; full-time preferred part-time (4 days) accommodated

What You Will Be Doing

You will work directly alongside a senior legal advisor providing hands-on support across a varied and interesting Private Client caseload. Day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Drafting Wills and Trust documentation from a solicitors notes
• Preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) forms and submitting applications online via the OPG portal
• Probate and estate administration support including online Grant of Probate applications
• Preparing and completing IHT forms including IHT205 IHT217 and IHT400
• Drafting general correspondence and legal documentation across the full Private Client spectrum
• Client-facing contact building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and referrers
• Providing departmental cover across Romford Gidea Park and Collier Row offices when required
• Digital audio transcription and document production

What Our Client Is Looking For

Essential

• Minimum 2 years experience as a Legal Assistant within a Private Client Wills & Probate department in a UK legal practice
• Proven ability to prepare LPA forms and Will drafts from solicitor notes
• Experience submitting LPA and Grant of Probate applications online
• Working knowledge of IHT forms (IHT205 IHT217 IHT400)
• Strong drafting skills across Wills Trusts Probate and LPA documentation
• Excellent client-facing communication skills confident professional and approachable
• Ability to work unsupervised with a well-organised self-motivated approach
• Typing speed of 60 WPM and experience with digital audio transcription
• Ability to commute to all three office locations for cover purposes

Desirable

• Experience using LEAP case management software
• Familiarity with online probate and OPG submission portals
• A genuine interest in building long-term client and referrer relationships

What Is on Offer

Our client rewards individual contribution directly including a share of the senior legal advisors profit-related bonus not a diluted department-wide pool:

• Salary: DOE
• Performance-Related Bonus: Discretionary annual bonus based on individual performance
• Profit Share: A direct share of the supervising legal advisors profit-related bonus
• Holiday Allowance: 5.6 weeks per annum inclusive of bank holidays (full time)
• Christmas Closure: Additional discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year
• Birthday Leave: One additional days leave for your birthday after six months service
• Flexible Hours: 4-day working week considered for the right candidate
• Company Pension Scheme
• Employee Discount
• On-Site Parking
• Staff Social Events throughout the year

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• A Lexcel accredited practice a mark of quality management and client care in law
• Work alongside specialists in their field within a firm with decades of local heritage
• Profit share directly tied to your supervisors performance a genuinely motivating structure
• A friendly enthusiastic team environment in a well-established high street practice
• Flexible working hours considered rare at this level in a client-facing legal role
• Genuine variety across Wills Probate LPAs Trusts and Estate Planning not a repetitive single-task position

How to Apply

This role is being managed on a confidential basis by Hawthorne-Finch Talent Solutions Ltd.

To be considered or for a private no-obligation conversation about the opportunity please contact:

David Hawthorne-Finch

Managing Director

Hawthorne-Finch Talent Solutions Ltd

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