Legal Assistant

Working within our Specialist & Commercial Property team you will support a Solicitor in their varied caseload from instruction through to completion and registration. You will be responsible for ensuring you maintain ongoing high performance and deliver a quality, client-focused operation.

You are responsible to ensure the delivery of excellent, added value client service, which continually exceeds client expectations., Client Management

• Maintain and build good professional working relationships with clients, external institutions and organisations


• Develop and improve client service standards, adopting a total customer care culture throughout your team


Technical Responsibilities

• Obtaining title documents


• Assisting with exchanges and completions


• Undertaking relevant searches and prepare Search reports


• Drafting SDLT returns and Transfer Deeds


• Prepare Mortgage Reports


• Liaise with clients and third parties


• Request Redemption statements


• Adhere to and promote compliance with Conveyancing Quality Scheme and the Conveyancing Protocol, the firm's policies, practices and procedures; legislation applicable to the profession and to any relevant quality standards


• Through training and other means, to keep fully up to date with relevant legislation and practice


You will be working towards:

• Preparing and drafting Contract Packs


• Preparing and drafting Title Reviews


• Identifying and obtaining missing documentation from a review of a file, dealing with enquiries; and checking title documents
  
  Previous legal assistant experience within conveyancing required


• Experience of using case management software


• Good inter-personal skills, able to deal with all levels within an organisation and relieve potential conflicts


• Able to work accurately and clearly explain technical matters to non technical users in both written and verbal forms


• A client focused approach to service delivery


• Strong experience in using Microsoft office tools - Word, Excel, Outlook etc.


• Working knowledge of the CQS Protocol, , UKFML, and BSA Handbooks


• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure to strict deadlines/timescales excellent communication skills and telephone manner


• An attention to detail


• Highly organised


• Flexible, conveyancing legal assistant: 2 years (preferred)
  
  Casual dress


• Company pension


• Employee discount


• Health & wellbeing programme


• Life insurance


• Store discount


• Work from home


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday