Job Description

A highly regarded law firm with offices across Hampshire are seeking an experienced Legal Assistant to work within their Property Department. This role will be based in their Fareham office and 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 9am – 5pm and officed based.
• Salary depending on experience - £25,000 +
• Standard holiday entitlement plus bank holidays.
• Company Pension.