Residential Property Legal Assistant - Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment : Job Details

Residential Conveyancing Legal Assistant , Wimborne

This is a role where you be expected to stay in this position. it's not a role where you would progress to paralegal or to a qualification route in the short or medium term. The requirements is to service the firms' clients and would suit someone who wishes to stay at this level but you would be a much valued member of the team.

You'll be joining a very busy team who cover the whole range of conveyancing matters including new build.  

The firm are a close knit community and they offer a range of benefits including competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, private medical healthcare and an option of a gym membership, extra pension contributions, extra holiday or a Healthcare Cashback Scheme.

The role could be described as a mixed role where there will be secretarial duties to cover too.

You should have a background in either residential or commercial property either at legal secretary or legal assistant level.

You can expect to open and close files, instruct and assist with searches as required

• Assist with billing
• Provide audio typing as dictated by the supervising Partner
• Word process documents and materials
• Assist in communication with clients, taking telephone calls and accurately recording messages and providing assistance wherever possible
• Undertake admin duties associated with the position such as filing/photocopying etc
• Maintain an effective filing system for all client and other matters
• Provide such secretarial/administrative activities as may reasonably be required by the Partner

You should possess excellent IT skills and be aware of attention to detail

• You will pride yourself in your spelling, sentence structure, punctuation and word usage
• Have a good typing speed of at least 50 words per minute
• Previous experience of audio typing
• Previous conveyancing experience