Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary - Ashville Knight : Job Details

Well established law firm with offices across Kent are seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to work within their busy Residential Conveyancing Department.

This role will be to assist Fee Earners in their day to day work by providing support and an efficient secretarial and administrative service.

Duties 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 directing accordingly and arranging meeting room bookings.
• Managing post completions procedures including SDLT returns and title registrations.

Desired skills and experience:

• Legal Secretary/Assistant experience with at least a year of solid property expertise is essential.
• Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills.
• Fast, accurate typing ability, ideally using digital audio systems – touch typing is highly desirable.
• Experience of using case management systems.
• IT literate – Microsoft Word / Excel / Outlook / Digital Audio software / Case Management.

What they offer:

• Salary depending on experience £23,000 - £27,000.
• Monday – Friday 9am – 5:30pm. This is office based.
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
• Standard holiday and pension scheme.