Conveyancing Legal Secretary

Confidential; Essex; Sur place; GBP 23 000 - 29 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Confidential in Essex is seeking an experienced Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary to support a busy property department. The role is office-based with a 9am-5:30pm schedule and a competitive salary.

Responsibilities include live client liaison, diary management, audio typing, and using the case management system to process new business efficiently while maintaining meticulous files and client accounts.

Qualifications

• Recent Residential or Commercial Property experience essential.
• Fast and accurate audio typing including digital dictation.
• Proficient with MS Word, Outlook and Excel.

Responsabilités

• Provide secretarial support to the property fee earner.
• Screening incoming calls and handling new business opportunities.
• Audio typing using digital dictation.
• Diary management and arranging meetings.
• Liaise with clients, solicitors, estate agents and mortgage lenders.
• Deal with client queries and take instructions from clients.
• Maintain client files and filing system.
• Assist fee earners in maintaining client accounts.

Connaissances

Residential Property experience

Audio typing

Multitasking

Telephone etiquette

Outils

MS Word

Outlook

Excel

Description du poste

Conveyancing Legal Secretary

JS Legal Recruitment are excited to be working with one of the largest Law Firms in Essex. Due to continued growth my client is actively recruiting for an experienced Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary to join their busy property department.

Our client is committed to providing excellent customer service, if you re an experienced Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant our client would like to hear from you.

The Role

• To provide secretarial support to the property fee earner
• Screening incoming calls
• Dealing with new business opportunities so that these are processed efficiently helping to ensure the continued success of the property department
• Audio typing using digital dictation
• Diary management , booking rooms and arranging meetings
• Using case management system
• Liaise with clients, solicitors, Estate agents and mortgage lenders
• Providing quotations , sending out client care letters
• Deal with client queries, and take instruction from clients
• Amend and reformat documents
• Apply for searches using on line services including land registry
• Using HRMC website to complete stamp duty land tax forms
• Deal with post completion matters
• Maintain client files, opening and closing of files
• Maintain the filing system
• Assist fee earners in the maintenance of client accounts

Experience required

• Recent Residential or Commercial Property experience essential
• Fast and accurate audio typing skills, including Digital dictation
• Experience with Microsoft office , word, outlook, Excel
• Able to prioritise and multitask
• Excellent telephone manor
• Possess the ability to deal with client queries when fee earners are out of the office
• Friendly working environment
• Competitive salary
• Office based Monday to Friday 9am- 5.30pm however part time will also be considered