Legal Secretary / PA Residential Property

Ashville Knight ,
Guildford, Surrey
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Salary: £25,000 per annum

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Legal Secretary/PA - Residential Property Guildford (6 - 12 Month Contract) Salary circa £25,000 - £28,000 Legal 500 and Chambers noted Guildford firm are seeking to appoint an experienced property secretary within the Residential Property Department to cover maternity leave. The chosen candidate will be supporting fee earners within the Residential Property Department handling residential property and high value matters, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchase, equity release, shared ownership, re mortgages and buy to let. Duties will include: Opening files and new matters on Case Management system Preparing client care letters and service plans Audio typing from dictation when needed Preparing and drafting correspondence and precedent documents for fee earners (from PLC and the firm's own library of precedents) Submitting searches and preparing draft reports on results and title documents Carrying out searches (bankruptcy and priority) Extensive use of the Land Registry portal Preparing completion statements and invoices Drafting and submitting Land Registry applications and dealing with completions and post completions formalities Liaising with clients and other parties to keep files 'ticking over' for fee earners Audio typing from digital dictation system Daily use of outlook for diaries, booking client and departmental meetings Desired skills and experience: Legal Secretarial/Assistant experience essential within property law Strong and efficient secretarial/legal admin skills High level of attention to detail Audio typing ability using digital dictation systems Experience of using case management system Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Very well organised Friendly & professional attitude IT literate - Microsoft Word / Excel / Outlook/ Digital Audio software In return a highly competitive benefits package and salary is available.

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