Job Description

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.