Job Description
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
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