360 Recruitment
Legal Secretary / Assistant – Residential Conveyancing
Location: Witney
My client, a highly-regarded law firm, are looking for a Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant to join their busy Residential Property / Conveyancing team in Witney.
Key Responsibilities
- Administrative support including: file opening, document production, filing/archiving, retrieval of files, photocopying, email management, cheque requests, and dealing with post
- Audio typing standard and non-standard letters
- Producing correspondence, enclosures, forms, and documents
- Arranging the scanning and photocopying of paperwork
- Attending clients over the phone and in person to respond to enquiries
- Arranging meetings and other appointments, and liaising with estate agents and solicitors
- Gathering information and updating the case management system
- Carrying out other duties and responsibilities as required
Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes
- Previous experience within a Legal Secretary or Legal Assistant role for a property / conveyancing team
- Excellent organisation capability with the ability to effectively prioritise and work under pressure
- Competent with IT applications such as Word, Excel and Outlook, and experience on case management systems
- Excellent keyboard and word processing skills
- Possess high levels of speed and accuracy
- Have a good telephone manner and be comfortable speaking with clients on the telephone.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of client relationship management
- A friendly approachable personality to facilitate the link between lawyers, clients and third parties
- Good attention to detail
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