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Conveyancing Legal Secretary

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Posted 8 hours ago, valid for 21 days
Location

Birmingham, West Midlands B27 6QS, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • We are seeking a Conveyancing Legal Secretary for a Legal 500 law firm located in Birmingham City, offering a salary between £24K and £28K.
  • The position requires extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary in Property, ideally with a strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and Elite billing software.
  • Key responsibilities include providing high-level support to partners, managing complex travel arrangements, and assisting with daily secretarial duties in the Conveyancing Department.
  • The role is office-based and emphasizes excellent organization, prioritization skills, and the ability to improve working processes within a professional team environment.
  • Candidates should demonstrate flexibility and a proactive attitude, along with experience in delegating tasks and training junior team members.

CONVEYANCING ON LEGAL SECRETARY 

BIRMINGHAM CITY£24K - £28K

We are recruiting for a Conveyancing Legal Secretary for a Legal 500 law firm in Birmingham City. This is a great opportunity to join a professional, friendly team and provide key legal services. This is an office based position. Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Conveyancing Department
  • Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
  • Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
  • Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
  • Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
  • Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
  • Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
  • Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
  • Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
  • Ad Hoc secretarial duties

Requirements:

  • Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary in Property
  • IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
  • Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
  • Exemplary document management and filing
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
  • Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading Birmingham law firm who offer excellent working environment and benefits. Please send your CV to , or apply within for immediate consideration. 

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