Conveyancing Assistant / 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 based in Hastings. You will have gained experience in Residential Conveyancing or Commercial Property; knowledge of Civil Litigation will be advantageous as you will also provide administrative support to the Litigation Fee Earner.

The Role

• To provide support to the property fee earners with a minimum of 20 – 30 new instructions per month
• Provide administrative support to the Civil Litigation Fee Earner
• 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 some Civil Litigation experience desirable
• 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

Apply Now.

If you feel this is the right opportunity for you, Contact Julie Sheridan at JS Legal Recruitment Ltd, quoting reference JSL2324 OR email now your cv or call for a confidential discussion .

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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