Real Estate Legal Assistant - Ashville Knight : Job Details

A highly regarded and well-established law firm with offices across Kent are seeking a Legal Assistant to work within their Commercial Real Estate Department.

This role will be working alongside Legal Secretaries, Paralegals and Trainee Solicitors to assist Lawyers with a busy and mixed property caseloads in their day-to-day work by providing support and an efficient secretarial and administrative service.

Duties will include:

• Providing full secretarial/ Assistant support including using a digital dictation system to produce correspondence and other documentation related to property transactions with PA duties including diary management.
• Assist solicitors with all aspects of commercial property transactions, including drafting correspondence, preparing legal documents, and managing client communications.
• Handle incoming calls, emails, and inquiries in a professional and efficient manner, redirecting as necessary and ensuring timely responses.
• Provide general administrative support to the commercial property department, such as photocopying, scanning, and filing documents.
• Undertaking online Land Registry searches and responding to enquiries on behalf of lawyers.
• Managing post completions procedures including SDLT returns and title registrations.

Desired skills and experience:

• Legal Secretary/Assistant experience is needed and ideally within the Property Department. However, this role would also suit a Law Graduate looking for career progression.
• Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills.
• Experience of using case management systems.

What they offer:

• Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5pm.
• Hybrid Working is available up to 2 days from home.
• Ideally looking for candidates within a 30 minute commute to there Tunbridge Wells office.
• 27 days plus bank holidays.
• Pension scheme.
• Salary depending on experience.