Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary

Ashville Knight; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable law firm in Portsmouth seeks a Legal Secretary/Assistant for their Residential Conveyancing department. This full-time position requires at least one year of property law experience. Responsibilities include providing secretarial support, managing client files, and assisting with Land Registry searches. The role offers a salary of £25,000 - £26,000 based on experience and includes a standard holiday package.

Benefits

Standard holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in property laws as a Legal Secretary/Assistant.
• Strong secretarial and administrative skills required.
• Fast typing ability, preferable with digital audio systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide full secretarial support including diary management.
• Maintain accurate client administration files.
• Conduct online Land Registry searches and answer queries.
• Assist with general team administration and client interactions.
• Manage post-completions procedures including SDLT returns.

Skills

Legal Secretary/Assistant experience

Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills

Attention to detail

Fast, accurate typing

Experience with case management system

Job description

Well-established and reputable law firm in Portsmouth is seeking a Legal Secretary/Legal Assistant to work within their busy Residential Conveyancing department.

This role will be to assist the busy Fee Earners 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 arranging meeting room bookings.
• Managing post-completions procedures, including SDLT returns and title registrations.

Desired skills:

• Legal Secretary/Assistant experience with at least 1 year of solid property expertise.
• Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Fast, accurate typing ability, ideally using digital audio systems.
• Experience of using case management system.

What they offer:

• Full-time in the office Monday to Friday.
• Standard holiday plus bank holidays.
• Salary depending on experience GBP25,000 - GBP26,000.