LEGAL SECRETARY - RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCING - BERKHAMSTED JOB REF NO: L4L1148

LEGAL SECRETARY - RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCING - BERKHAMSTED - JOB REF NO: L4L1148

Benefits

• £25,000-£27,500 dependent on experience
• Staff introduction bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Auto enrolment pension scheme
• Enhanced sick pay
• Free eye tests
• Paid flu vaccinations
• Discounted legal advice
• Opportunities to participate in company sponsored charitable events
• Berkhamsted office based

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a legal secretary, preferably in Residential Conveyancing (other legal secretarial experience also considered)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and clear written and oral communication
• Proven digital audio typing experience
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people
• Courteous, helpful and pleasant manner in person and on the phone
• Efficiency, reliability and flexibility, able to organise workload to meet challenging/changing deadlines
• Self motivation and ability to work independently or within a team
• Proven IT skills, including the use of case management systems, MS Word, Outlook and Excel
• Personal pride in the quality of work, delivering to a high standard within required timeframes

Responsibilities

• Production of documents and correspondence using audio/copy typing
• Use of standard template documents in Residential Conveyancing such as Sales, Purchases, Leasehold and Freehold Properties, Remortgages, Transfers of Equity, etc.
• Costing files on a monthly basis and preparing draft bills, ensuring disbursements are claimed and paid
• Attending to clients and others, both on telephone and in person, dealing with initial enquiries or taking detailed messages
• Management of Fee Earners' diaries, scheduling appointments, arranging meetings, organising travel, booking meeting rooms and refreshments
• Setting up new files accurately and swiftly on instruction
• Maintaining Fee Earners' client details on the firm's database (ALB) and updating as required
• Managing filing and storage/retrieval of client files
• Dealing with Land Registry
• Ensuring files are Lexcel compliant, managing money laundering checks and keeping associated records
• Providing secretarial support within the department, supporting other Fee Earners and secretarial staff as appropriate
• Awareness of GDPR and handling sensitive information with confidentiality and security
• Undertaking any other ad hoc duties as requested by professional staff in the department
• Supporting firm wide and departmental marketing events as required

Working Details

• Berkhamsted office based
• Full time - 09:00 to 17:30, Monday to Friday
• Department: Residential Conveyancing, Sales, Purchases, Leasehold and Freehold Properties, Remortgages, Transfer of Equity, etc.
• Start date: ASAP