Legal Secretary/Administrator

Your new company
A prestigious and well established business based in Bury St Edmunds.

Your new role
This is a newly created role to join an industrious and fast-paced team. You will be required to provide efficient and proactive legal secretarial support for property and residential conveyancing fee earners. Duties include but not limited to:

• Secretarial and administrative support, including, preparing correspondence, copying, scanning and drafting, amending, formatting, and checking complex legal documents.
• Completion and submission of Land Registry applications as well as monitoring outstanding applications.
• Property searches via online portal.
• Audio and copy typing.
• Diarising and keeping track of key dates.
• Maintaining filing systems both paper and electronic.
• Answering incoming calls and liaising with clients.
• Dealing with telephone enquiries as and when they arise.
• Administrative duties including photocopying, scanning, producing and binding engrossment documents, arranging meetings and co-ordinating diaries, franking post and printing correspondence.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this job you must have previous (Conveyancing) LEGAL admin or secretarial experience together with the ability to manage your own workloads and work at pace. You will need to have strong IT, coordination and administrative skills.

What you'll get in return

In return, you will be offered:

• Salary up to £25,000
• Extensive benefits
• Monday to Friday 8.30 - 17.00
• Option of hybrid working after probation
• Onsite parking
• Working as part of a collaborative and fast-paced team.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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