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Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary

Ashville Knight
Posted 6 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Southsea, Hampshire PO4 9BA, 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 Portsmouth is looking for a Legal Secretary to join their Residential Conveyancing department.
  • The role involves providing secretarial and administrative support to busy Fee Earners, including managing diaries and maintaining client files.
  • Candidates should have at least 1 year of experience as a Legal Secretary or Assistant with a focus on property transactions.
  • The position offers a salary of up to £26,000, depending on experience, along with standard holidays and a company pension scheme.
  • The job requires full-time office attendance from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.

Well established and reputable law firm in Portsmouth are seeking a Legal Secretary to work within their busy Residential Conveyancing department. 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.
  • Salary depending on experience up to £26,000.
  • Standard holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Company Pension Scheme.

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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.