Legal Administration Supervisor

Churchill Estates Management; Ringwood; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Legal Administration Supervisor in a progressive managing agent of retirement living accommodation. This role involves overseeing a dedicated team, providing essential support in conveyancing and leasehold matters, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. With a focus on continuous professional development, you'll be instrumental in enhancing administrative processes and team motivation. Join a customer-focused team that values your expertise and offers a rewarding work environment with excellent benefits, including generous annual leave and professional subscriptions. Take the next step in your career with us and make a difference in the lives of our homeowners.

Benefits

Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days + Bank Holidays

Day off on your birthday

Free parking

Life Assurance

Eye Care Reimbursement Scheme

Professional Subscriptions

Qualifications

• Proven experience in conveyancing and legal administration.
• Strong team management and motivational skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee workflow distribution and assist with complex legal matters.
• Manage team recruitment, training, and performance.

Skills

Conveyancing

Legal Administration

Team Management

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Education

Experience in Legal Administration

Knowledge of Leasehold Market

Job description

• Competitive salary & excellent company benefits
  
• Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week
  

Churchill Estates Management have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Administration Supervisor to join the Legal Administration team, based in Ringwood.

About the role

Our Legal Administration team provides comprehensive administrative and customer support to Homeowners and their families, ensuring that services relating to leasehold property purchases, resales, and lettings are managed in a professional and timely manner.

As the Legal Administration Supervisor, you will oversee the fair distribution of workflow within the team and assist in dealing with solicitors, Land Registry, and other external parties, providing specialist support for the escalation of more complex matters and producing ad-hoc reports as required.

Your background knowledge in the conveyancing and leasehold arena will support you in reviewing and streamlining current procedures to maximize the department’s capability, ensuring all guidance is clear, accurate, up to date, and in line with industry requirements.

You will be focused on your continuous professional development to stay updated with current legislation, alert to changes, and to ensure that Churchill remains compliant with regulators (RICS / NAEA). You will take steps to communicate and embed changes within the team.

As the Supervisor, you will work as part of the team, supporting a variety of administrative tasks while taking overall responsibility for managing the team, including recruitment, training, performance management, reviews, and coaching while role-modeling best practices.

Based in Ringwood, the working hours are full-time, Monday to Thursday 09:00 to 17:30 and Friday 09:00 to 17:00.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate proven experience in conveyancing, ideally within the leasehold market, along with a background in legal administration.

Ideally, you will be an experienced administrator and Supervisor, able to manage and develop people with confidence while maintaining high levels of team motivation. In support of the team, you will provide reliable, credible advice and feedback, using your skills as a ‘subject matter expert’, making sound decisions and role-modeling professional behaviors.

You will evidence a proven track record in delivering an exceptional administration service, with a professional and highly organized approach, excellent attention to detail, and a good command of written and spoken English.

How you’ll be rewarded

• Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days + Bank Holidays
• Day off on your birthday
• Free parking
• Life Assurance
• Eye Care Reimbursement Scheme
• Professional Subscriptions

About Us

We are Churchill Estates Management (CEM), a progressive managing agent of privately owned leasehold Retirement Living accommodation.

We manage over 200 developments nationally, overseeing more than 8000 apartments and providing our services to over 10,000 retired people.

However, we are not stopping there, as we are rapidly growing and have ambitious plans for the future.

Join us and be part of a professional, award-winning, customer-focused team.

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