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Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary

Ashville Knight
Posted 8 hours ago, valid for 25 days
Location

Maidstone, Kent ME16 0PU, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A well-established law firm in Kent is looking for a Legal Secretary to join their Residential Conveyancing department in Maidstone.
  • The role requires at least 1 year of experience in a legal secretary or assistant position with a focus on property law.
  • Key responsibilities include providing secretarial support, managing client files, conducting Land Registry searches, and assisting with team administration.
  • The position offers a full-time schedule from Monday to Friday, with a competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Standard holiday plus bank holidays are included in the employment terms.

Well established and reputable law firm in Kent are seeking a Legal Secretary to work within their busy Residential Conveyancing department, based in their Maidstone office. This role will be to assist the busy Fee Earner’s 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 1 year of solid property expertise.
  • Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills.
  • High level of attention to detail.
  • Fast, accurate typing ability, ideally using digital audio systems.
  • Experience of using case management system.

What they offer:

  • Full time in the office – Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.
  • Good salary and benefit packages.
  • Standard holiday plus bank holidays.

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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.