Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary — Join a Supportive Team

Legal News Wales; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

TSR Legal are seeking a skilled Legal Secretary to join their Residential Conveyancing team in Cardiff outskirts. You will provide high-quality secretarial and administrative support to fee earners and clients to keep matters progressing smoothly.

This role suits an experienced Legal Secretary or senior administrator with strong typing, attention to detail and the ability to manage a busy workload in a supportive, established firm.

Qualifications

• Previous legal secretarial or legal administration experience.
• Residential Conveyancing experience is advantageous.
• Excellent typing and word-processing with high accuracy.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to manage workload and prioritise effectively.
• Good communication skills and client-focused manner.
• Confident with clients and fee earners at all levels.
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Experience using legal case management systems is beneficial.
• Proactive approach and ability to use initiative.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day secretarial and administrative support to fee earners.
• Managing diaries, appointments and general correspondence.
• Audio typing and preparing letters and documentation.
• Dealing with routine post and drafting straightforward correspondence.
• Opening, maintaining, filing and closing client files.
• Preparing documents, scanning and recording information on files.
• Assisting with progression of conveyancing matters and general file admin.
• Supporting with Land Registry applications, requisitions and SDLT forms as appropriate.
• Handling client queries by telephone, email and in person.
• Taking client instructions and routing to the relevant fee earner.
• Assisting with dispatch of correspondence and documents.
• Ensuring files comply with firm procedures and GDPR.
• Supporting other secretarial team members when required.

Skills

Legal secretarial

Conveyancing

Typing

Organisation

Client communication

Under pressure

Case management

Tools

Case management software

Job description

TSR Legal are seeking a skilled Legal Secretary to join their Residential Conveyancing team in Cardiff outskirts. You will provide high-quality secretarial and administrative support to fee earners and clients to keep matters progressing smoothly.

This role suits an experienced Legal Secretary or senior administrator with strong typing, attention to detail and the ability to manage a busy workload in a supportive, established firm.