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Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary

Ashville Knight

Bishop's Waltham

On-site

GBP 22,000 - 26,000

Full time

16 days ago

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Job summary

An established law firm is looking for a dedicated Legal Secretary to join their Residential Conveyancing department. In this role, you will provide essential support to Fee Earners, ensuring efficient handling of property transactions. Your responsibilities will include managing correspondence, maintaining client files, and assisting with team administration. This position offers a full-time schedule in a collaborative environment, where your skills will contribute significantly to the firm's success. If you're detail-oriented and passionate about the legal field, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Standard holiday plus bank holidays
Company Pension Scheme

Qualifications

  • At least 1 year of experience as a Legal Secretary with property expertise.
  • Strong secretarial skills and attention to detail are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Provide full secretarial support and manage diary for Fee Earners.
  • Maintain client admin files and conduct Land Registry searches.

Skills

Legal Secretary/Assistant experience
Secretarial and admin skills
Attention to detail
Fast typing ability
Experience with case management system

Tools

Digital dictation system
Case management system

Job description

Well established and reputable law firm in Southampton are seeking a Legal Secretary to work within their busy Residential Conveyancing department. This role will be to assist the busy Fee Earners in their day to day work by providing support and an efficient secretarial and administrative service.


Duties include:
  1. Providing full secretarial support including using a digital dictation system to produce correspondence and other documentation related to property transactions with PA duties including diary management.
  2. Maintenance of comprehensive and accurate client admin files.
  3. Undertaking online Land Registry searches and responding to enquiries on behalf of lawyers.
  4. Assistance in general team administration including meeting and greeting clients, taking calls and directing accordingly and arranging meeting room bookings.
  5. Managing post completions procedures including SDLT returns and title registrations.

Desired skills and experience:
  1. Legal Secretary/Assistant experience with at least 1 year of solid property expertise.
  2. Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills.
  3. High level of attention to detail.
  4. Fast, accurate typing ability, ideally using digital audio systems.
  5. Experience of using case management system.

What they offer:
  1. Full time in the office - Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm.
  2. Salary depending on experience up to £26,000.
  3. Standard holiday plus bank holidays.
  4. Company Pension Scheme.
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