Legal Administrator (Estates and Trusts)

Draft, file, track and follow up: that's your week at a debt counselling firm in Cape Town CBD. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

Home base is a debt counselling firm on the Cape Town CBD side of Western Cape. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Type and format letters, notices and affidavits from dictation or drafts
• Collate and index court bundles and discovery files
• Open new matters and do conflict checks on the practice system
• Manage the attorney's diary and book consultations
• Prepare section 129 notices and default judgment applications

• Experience on legal software such as LegalSuite, AJS or GhostPractice
• Understanding of court rules and deadlines
• Organised under pressure from several attorneys
• At least 2 years in a law firm or legal department
• Fast, accurate typing and strong Word formatting
• Matric plus a legal secretary or paralegal qualification

• Experience with the Master's Office for estates
• Paralegal diploma or LLB studies in progress

• Year-end bonus at many firms
• Close-to-transport offices in city centres
• Study assistance for LLB or paralegal courses
• Office hours with no weekend work

• Include your typing speed; many firms test it on the day of the interview.
• Name the legal software and the type of matters you handled in the first lines of your CV.