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Conveyancing Paralegal or Legal Secretary

TALENTWISE SOLUTIONS LTD
Posted 8 hours ago, valid for 18 days
Location

Coventry, West Midlands CV6 3BF, England

Salary

£23,000 - £25,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Employee Assistance

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  • A well-established legal firm in Coventry City Centre is seeking a Conveyancing Legal Secretary or Paralegal with experience in supporting a conveyancing team.
  • The position offers a salary range of £23,000 to £25,000 per annum and requires candidates to have prior experience working in a law firm.
  • This full-time, office-based role involves assisting Fee Earners with various administrative tasks related to the Conveyancing process.
  • Benefits include 23 days of holiday (increasing to 27), company sick pay, a pension scheme, and additional perks after the probation period.
  • Candidates should possess excellent client care skills, good organizational abilities, and experience with MS Office and legal case management systems.

Coventry City Centre 

Salary £23,000 to £25,000 per annum

We are working with a very well-established Legal 500-listed, Lexcel and CQS accredited multi-office regional law firm, who are seeking an experienced Conveyancing Legal Secretary or a Conveyancing Paralegal to join their busy Property Team based in Coventry city centre.

This is a full time, office-based, position working Monday-Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm with an hour for lunch.

The successful candidate will assist Fee Earners with a range of administrative tasks to support the Conveyancing process.

The role will involve:

  • Providing support to the Residential Conveyancing Team
  • Undertaking document preparation, typing and administration work
  • Scanning post and allocating to fee earners electronically 
  • Assisting in maintaining client files
  • Providing Conveyancing quotes
  • Opening new files
  • Progressing files through to post-completion, file closing and archiving
  • Dealing with client enquiries and queries over the telephone and in person
  • Providing updates to clients and estate agents
  • Updating files on a Legal Case Management System

Suitable Candidates will have:

  • Experience of working in a law firm, supporting a conveyancing team
  • Excellent client care and communication skills
  • Good organisational skills, with attention to detail
  • Ability to work well as part of a team 
  • Experience of using MS office - Word, Excel, Outlook
  • Experience of using a legal case management system

This is a full time, office based permanent job, working 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (35 hours per week)

Benefits include:

  • 23 days’ holiday (increasing to 27), plus 8 days’ bank holidays
  • 2 days’ additional leave between Christmas and New Year (office closure)
  • Your birthday off, from your second year of employment
  • Holiday buy and sell scheme. Buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year
  • Annual salary reviews
  • Company Sick Pay (on completion of probation period) 
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • Discounted legal fees (on completion of probation period)
  • BUPA healthcare scheme (on completion of probation period)
  • Death in service benefits 3 x salary (on completion of probation period)
  • Long service awards
  • Career development and regular performance reviews
  • Technical and personal skills training
  • Community and fundraising events
  • Full induction programme
  • Virtual GP
  • Funeral Planning and support 
  • Group Life Employee Assistance Programme
  • Bereavement and Probate helpline and counselling service

Note: Salary is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be dependent on experience.  The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge

For more information, please contact Tracey at Talentwise Solutions

About Talentwise

Talentwise Solutions is a family-run, boutique recruitment agency specialising in legal professional and legal support jobs throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and the Midlands.

We offer a tailored service, to find the right role and the right cultural fit for our candidates, and rest assured we will never forward your CV to any firm without first gaining your consent.

About Your Consultant

Tracey is the Owner and Director of Talentwise Solutions, where her focus is on offering a prestigious, consultative, open, and honest service – the way she believes recruitment should be! Tracey’s passion for recruitment in the legal sector goes back over thirty years, and today it’s stronger than ever. Tracey prides herself on her personalised approach to recruiting and will be on hand to guide you through every stage of the process from initial application through to job offer. You know your career is in great hands with Tracey’s experience and expertise.

Know anyone who might be interested? We offer generous bonuses up to £500 for successful referrals. Conditions apply - contact us or view our website for details.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.