Legal Assistant

Our well-regarded client is currently seeking a Legal Assistant to join their busy Residential Property team, based at their Lewes office.

The Role:

We are looking for a Legal Assistant to join this team to carry out:

· File opening and closing;
· Drafting engagement letters
· Amending documents from manuscript and copy typing of documents
· Dictation – correspondence and emails
· Diary management
· Liaising with clients and other third parties
· Preparing bills, management of payments, receipts and transfers, dealing with arising queries and issues
· Preparing completion statements using Excel
· Making and managing Land Registry applications
· Making and managing online SDLT returns

Skills needed:

The successful candidate will have:

· Previous experience of working as a Legal Secretary or Legal Assistant in a residential property/conveyancing team
· fast, accurate typing skills
· the ability to follow procedural and legal protocol
· a methodical approach and good time management
· excellent IT skills
· good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team
· positivity and adaptability
· a high standard of written and spoken English
· the ability to work independently and use initiative

Benefits:
To help you develop yourself and your role, we offer a friendly working environment with opportunities for training and development to help you strengthen your skills and expertise.

We have a strong focus on wellbeing and provide you with excellent support and resources. Our friendly, welcoming team regularly organise social events to keep us connected.

The salary for the position is £21,000 to £26,000 depending on experience. We offer a very competitive benefits package including discount vouchers, cashplan offering money towards medical and health treatments, virtual GP service and fitness and nutrition health checks