Litigation Support Clerk (Discovery)

Draft, file, track and follow up: that's your week at an estates and trusts company in Atlantis. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Atlantis, Western Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Collect documents for estates, such as death certificates and bank statements
• Prepare section 129 notices and default judgment applications
• Handle incoming calls and give clients straightforward progress updates
• Keep personal information in files secure under POPIA
• Capture payments and update debtor balances on collection matters
• Type and format letters, notices and affidavits from dictation or drafts

• 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
• Organised under pressure from several attorneys
• Discreet with confidential client information
• Experience on legal software such as LegalSuite, AJS or GhostPractice

• Office hours with no weekend work
• Study assistance for LLB or paralegal courses
• Year-end bonus at many firms

• Proofread your application twice; law firms treat a single typo as a warning sign for legal admin posts.
• Name the legal software and the type of matters you handled in the first lines of your CV.