Legal Secretary

JS Legal Recruitment Ltd; Essex; Vor Ort; GBP 24.000 - 30.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

22 days annual leave

Two wellbeing days

Your birthday off

Pension

Social events throughout the year

Zusammenfassung

JS Legal Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Legal Secretary / Conveyancing Assistant to join the busy property department. The role involves supporting fee earners with residential or commercial property matters, screening calls, diary management and drafting documents.

The successful candidate will have 1 year of property experience, strong MS Office skills and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. Monday to Friday, 9am-5.30pm, with a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifikationen

• Ideally 1 year recent Residential or Commercial Property experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel).
• Able to prioritise and multitask.
• Excellent telephone manner.
• Possess ability to deal with client queries when fee earners are out of the office.

Aufgaben

• Provide support to the property fee earners with new instructions and client enquiries.
• Screen incoming calls and liaise with clients, solicitors, estate agents and mortgage lenders.
• Diary management, book meetings and arrange rooms.
• Assist with filing, document amendment and reformatting.
• Apply for searches using online services and complete stamp duty land tax forms.

Kenntnisse

Residential property experience

Commercial property experience

Multitasking

Telephone etiquette

Client liaison

Prioritisation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

Legal Secretary

Our client offering a full range of legal advice to business and individual clients, have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Conveyancing Assistant/ Legal Secretary to join their busy property department. Ideally you will have gained in experience in Residential Conveyancing or Commercial Property.

The Role

• To provide support to the property fee earner's with a minimum of 20 - 30 new instructions per month
• Screening incoming calls
• Dealing with new business opportunities so that these are processed efficiently helping to ensure the continued success of the property department
• Diary management , booking rooms and arranging meetings
• Using case management system
• Audio typing
• 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:

• Ideally 1 years recent Residential or Commercial Property experience
• 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
• Hours Monday to Friday 9am- 5.30pm

Benefits

• 22 days annual leave plus Public and Bank Holidays, plus paid Christmas closure
• Two wellbeing days
• Your birthday off
• Pension
• Social events throughout the year

All successful applications will be responded to within 7 working days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.