Mortgage Litigation Admin: Detail-Oriented Support

Lightfoots LLP; Thame; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Healthcare cash plan

Enhanced pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Lightfoots Solicitors is seeking an Administrator to join its Mortgage Litigation team, providing essential administrative and legal support to Fee Earners. This office-based role in Thame involves managing your own caseload, compiling routine documents, filing court bundles, and handling client instructions with accuracy and efficiency.

You will work under a manager or solicitor, ensuring deadlines are met while maintaining high standards of organisation and communication.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an administrative position.
• Experience in a professional services environment, or a regulated administrative role involving case or file handling to strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Open and maintain electronic case files, keeping them organised by actioning workflow entries and processing client instructions.
• Manage own allocation of files, referring all non-standard, complex or technical matters to a manager or solicitor as appropriate.
• Review Land Registry Office Copies.
• Prepare routine legal documents using templates from our case management system.
• Prepare, file and serve Court bundles.
• Support Fee Earners with day-to-day management of files.
• Prepare invoices and ensure all fees are accounted for.
• Process incoming correspondence, court notifications and client instructions through the case management system.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Proactive

Workload management

Attention to detail

Job description

Lightfoots Solicitors is seeking an Administrator to join its Mortgage Litigation team, providing essential administrative and legal support to Fee Earners. This office-based role in Thame involves managing your own caseload, compiling routine documents, filing court bundles, and handling client instructions with accuracy and efficiency.

You will work under a manager or solicitor, ensuring deadlines are met while maintaining high standards of organisation and communication.