Legal Assistant

Our client is seeking an experience Legal Assistant for their busy conveyancing team based in Staines. You will need to have a minimum of 1 year's experience as a conveyancing assistant for this position and no longer than a 30 minute commute to Staines. Our client offers a great work environment, varied work and opportunities for professional development.

Your role:

• Preparation of correspondence and documents using audio word processing and digital dictation

• Opening files, conflict checks, and closing files

• Making appointments, arranging meetings and maintaining diaries

• Supporting departments and junior secretaries

• Assisting accounts staff in generating bills in a timely manner and monitoring payment

• Preparation and dispatch of post, emails and faxes with relevant enclosures

• Assisting fee earners with post-exchange, pre-completion, completion and post-completion matters on residential and commercial property files

• Preparing account forms to send payments such as purchase funds, agents' invoices, stamp duty and land tax.

• Dealing with registrations of residential and commercial property files at the Land Registry.

• Dealing with any incoming requisitions from the Land Registry.

The person:

• 1+ years conveyancing experience is essential
• Highly proactive
• Professional telephone manner

• Enthusiasm and a positive "can do" attitude, with a willingness to continued learning and development

• Computer skills including using Microsoft Windows/Word, any experience using case management systems would be advantageous

• Ability to prioritise work, function efficiently under pressure and remain calm and professional

• Ability to meet deadlines and produce accurate work

• Ability to demonstrate and implement initiative when working on files

• Diarising key dates/actions is vital and ensuring they are followed up to satisfactory completion of the date/action

• File management skills

Benefits:

• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Death in service benefit
• Hybrid working
• 20 days annual leave (full time) plus bank holidays
• Birthday annual leave
• Opportunities for professional development and continuing education
• Supportive and collaborative work environment