Legal Administrator

Jo Holdsworth Recruitment are currently working with a highly successful company in Leeds City Centre. The company are committed to providing a welcoming, flexible and supportive workplace.

My client has provided conveyancing services to over 1 million customers since they opened our doors over 20 years ago. On average, they help arrange one in every four remortgages and are consistently placed as one of the top providers. They are a profitable global company and are market-leaders within their sector with an excellent service reputation with our customers.

Working with a team of welcoming and hard-working individuals, they have a positive company culture and outstanding training that will help you grow and develop with them. They are family friendly and have a strong focus on making sure a healthy work/life balance is possible for everyone, with hybrid working patterns and flexible working opportunities on offer. They also have an excellent, transparent progression pathway for those who want to progress their career with them.

Working in newly refurbished, modern offices close to local transport links, this is a permanent and full time opportunity. As well as working within immaculate offices, some other benefits include:

• Excellent package including competitive salary, Life Assurance, matched Pension Scheme, Salary Sacrifice Scheme, Private Health Insurance (for all roles where this applies)
• Family Friendly - hybrid working available, part time/flexible hours, no unsociable hours. We recognise the need to work around that school run!
• Holidays 33 days annual leave (includes Bank holidays), which increases to 34 days after 5 years’ service, increasing 1 day additionally every 5 years, with the option to purchase more days annually (eligibility criteria applies)
• An extra day off to take on your birthday!
• Smart casual dress code (all week, not just Fridays!)
• Significant career progression opportunities with a large in-house training function
• Highly innovative company with a strong focus on technology
• An active charity and social events calendar

They are currently recruiting for a New Business Assistant to join them; this is the perfect opportunity for someone with office-based experience looking for a new challenge OR someone starting their career!

Some of the responsibilities include:

• Ensure that all sale cases are handed over to the exchange team quickly after the contract has been issued
• Identify additional documentation required, e.g., death/marriage certificate, unregistered deeds, grant of probate and chase this documentation
• Chase initial payments and protocol forms regularly on sale matters
• Administrative duties including both electronic and paper file management
• Chasing customers, solicitors, estate agents, mortgage lenders and other third parties for information and documentation, including redemption statements and ID
• Ensure issues revealed in the initial questionnaires, e.g. third party monies, are identified and flagged as soon as possible
• Chasing initial search payments on purchases

Experience needed:

• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and targets & work under pressure
• Good data input skills
• Good team player, but also ability to work on own initiative
• Good attention to detail
• Good organisational skills
• Previous administrative/customer service experience
• Experience of working in a high-volume environment
• Any experience of conveyancing is desirable but by no means essential

Our client welcomes applicants from a variety of employment/academic backgrounds and who may be at very different stages of their careers. Those who may have taken a break from work to raise children or travel the world, those who have or have not worked in the legal sector, those who have worked in fast paced customer service environments such as baristas, bar staff, retail and those who have never thought that a legal career would be open to them. They value life skills enormously; life experience gives you the ability to understand our customer’s needs.

As a valued team member, being able to work using your own initiative will assist you in organising and structuring your day, however with a comprehensive training programme and support from your peers, trainers, mentors and managers, you will have everything you need.

Due to the amount of response we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals, if you have not heard back within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for. By applying to this advertisement, you are hereby giving consent for Jo Holdsworth Recruitment to hold your details for a 30 day period and contact you via any method of contact you have listed on your application.

(Jo Holdsworth Recruitment - Recruitment Agency)