Residential Property Legal Secretary

Salary: £28,800 – £31,200 per year

Residential Property Legal Secretary

Our client one of the leading law firms in Essex, LEXCEL accredited, Legal 500 recommended practice with 17 legal 500 recommended lawyers. Offering a full range of legal advice to business and individual clients, my client has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Residential Property Legal Secretary to join their residential property department based in Colchester.

The Role

* To provide secretarial support to the residential property fee earner

* Screening incoming calls

* Dealing with new business opportunities so that these are processed efficiently helping to ensure the continued success of the property department

* Audio typing using digital dictation

* Diary management, booking rooms and arranging meetings

* File and case management, bill preparation

* Liaise with clients, solicitors, Estate agents and mortgage lenders

* Providing quotations, sending out client care letters

* Deal with client queries, and take instruction from clients

* Amend and reformat documents

* Apply for searches using on line services including land registry

* Using HRMC website to complete stamp duty land tax forms

* Deal with post completion matters

* Maintain client files, opening and closing of files

* Manage marketing data and liaising with the marketing team

Experience required:

* At least 1 years recent residential legal secretarial experience

* Fast and accurate audio typing skills, including Digital dictation

* Experience with Microsoft office, word, outlook, Excel

* Excellent attention to detail

* Able to prioritise and multitask

* Excellent telephone manor

* Pre-empt problems and identify solutions

* Possess the ability to deal with client queries when fee earners are out of the office

* Demonstrate a pro-active approach to your work

* Be flexible – From time to time you may be required to stay late depending on the demands of individual matters

* Friendly working environment

* After a qualifying period of employment a pension scheme and private health scheme are offered

* Child voucher scheme, 28 days (including bank holidays) plus 3 extra days during the Christmas closure

* Hours Monday to Friday 9am- 5.30pm

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If you feel this is the right opportunity for you, Contact Julie Sheridan at JS Legal Recruitment Ltd, quoting reference JSL2095 now your cv or call for a confidential discussion.

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