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Commercial Property Legal Secretary

Ashville Knight
Posted 24 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5FD

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 an experienced Legal Secretary to join their Property Department.
  • Candidates should have at least 1 year of solid Commercial Property experience and strong secretarial skills.
  • The role involves providing support to Fee Earners, managing client files, and handling various administrative tasks.
  • The position offers a salary between £25,000 and £27,000, depending on experience, along with 26 days of holiday and a pension scheme.
  • This is an office-based role with a Monday to Friday schedule from 8:30am to 5pm, including hybrid working options.

A highly regarded and well-established law firm with offices across Kent are seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to work within their Property Department. This role will be to assist Fee Earners with a busy and mixed property caseloads in their day-to-day work by providing support and an efficient secretarial and administrative service.

Duties will 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 years + of solid Commercial Property experience.
  • Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills.
  • Fast, accurate typing ability, ideally using digital audio systems – touch typing is highly desirable.
  • Experience of using case management systems.

What they offer:

  • Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5pm. This is an officed based role.
  • 26 days plus bank holidays
  • Hybrid Working (3 days in the office)
  • Pension scheme
  • Salary depending on experience - £25,000 - £27,000.

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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.