Commercial Property Legal Assistant

Ashville Knight; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A highly regarded law firm in England is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant to support Fee Earners in their Property Department. The successful candidate will assist with property transactions, manage client files, and provide administrative support. Ideal applicants will possess at least a year of experience in Commercial Property and have strong typing and secretarial skills. This full-time role offers a salary starting at £25,000 along with standard holiday entitlement and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Standard holiday entitlement plus bank holidays

Company Pension

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of solid Commercial Property experience.
• Efficient secretarial and administrative skills.
• Touch typing ability is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide full secretarial support including correspondence production.
• Maintain accurate client admin files.
• Undertake online Land Registry searches.
• Assist in team administration and client interactions.
• Manage post completion procedures.

Skills

Legal Secretary/Assistant experience

Strong secretarial and admin skills

Fast, accurate typing ability

Experience of using case management systems

Job description

A highly regarded law firm with offices across Hampshire are seeking an experienced Legal Assistant to work within their Property Department. This role will be based in their Fareham office and to assist Fee Earners with a busy and mixed property caseloads in their day-to-day work by providing support and an efficient secretarial and administrative service.

Duties will include:

• 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.
• Maintenance of comprehensive and accurate client admin files.
• Undertaking online Land Registry searches and responding to enquiries on behalf of lawyers.
• Assistance in general team administration including meeting and greeting clients, taking calls and directing accordingly and arranging meeting room bookings.
• Managing post completions procedures including SDLT returns and title registrations.

Desired skills and experience:

• Legal Secretary/Assistant experience with at least 1 years + of solid Commercial Property experience.
• Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills.
• Fast, accurate typing ability, ideally using digital audio systems touch typing is highly desirable.
• Experience of using case management systems.

What they offer:

• Monday Friday 9am 5pm and officed based.
• Salary depending on experience - £25,000 +
• Standard holiday entitlement plus bank holidays.
• Company Pension.