Legal Assistant / Legal Secretary - Residential Conveyancing

Legal Assistant / Secretary - Residential Conveyancing

Location: Oxford
Salary: Commensurate with experience

My client has an exciting opportunity for a Legal Assistant / Secretary to join their highly regarded residential property team in Oxford.

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
• 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
• Ability to work quickly, accurately, to deadlines and under pressure
• Competent with IT applications such as Word, Excel and Outlook, and experience on case management systems
• Strong written communication skills
• 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
• Professional, personal presentation