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Legal Secretary - Residential Conveyancing

Harwood Recruitment Solutions Limited
Posted a month ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 2WA, England

Salary

£20,000 - £30,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • Position: Legal Secretary in Residential Conveyancing team
  • Salary: Not specified
  • Experience Required: Previous experience as a Conveyancing Legal Secretary within a law firm
  • Skills Needed: Administrative, communication, organisational and digital dictation skills, IT literate, knowledge of Land Registry Portal, Anti-Money Laundering checks, case management system, numeracy, attention to detail
  • Benefits: Excellent benefits within a friendly and supportive team

I am currently seeking a full time Legal Secretary to join a busy Residential Conveyancing team. The successful candidate will be working as part of a small team of three solicitors.

Main responsibilities:

  • Providing secretarial support to solicitors in the Conveyancing team
  • Liaising with clients, estate agents and solicitors as necessary
  • Audio/copy typing of letters and attendance notes
  • Producing and amending documentation
  • Dealing with file opening, closing, and retrieval procedures
  • Electronic and manual filing of documents
  • Preparing contracts and sending out papers
  • Obtaining searches
  • Preparing and submitting SDLT, AP1 and FR1 applications to the Land Registry online portal
  • Ensuring applications are submitted within the OS1 priority period and requisitions replied to before the cancellation date
  • Dealing with post completion matters

Skills/Knowledge Requirements:

  • Previous experience as a Conveyancing Legal Secretary within a law firm
  • Excellent administrative, communication, organisational and digital dictation skills
  • IT literate, Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
  • Experience in the use of the Land Registry Portal
  • Knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering identification checks
  • Experience in using a case management system
  • Good level of numeracy, including an understanding of accounts ledger and preparation of completion statements
  • Attention to detail

Please apply today, excellent benefits within a friendly and supportive team.

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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.