Conveyancing Legal Secretary

Job Description

Conveyancing Legal Secretary - Nottingham - £27k(doe) - Permanent PositionThe OpportunityAn excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced conveyancing secretary to join this large legal and professional services group.This business support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond.They are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face.The TeamThe housebuilding team specialises in residential development - and nothing else.With over 230 specialists, they have the largest residential development team in the UK offering a complete acquisition to disposal service. The team acts for national and regional housebuilders, promoters and institutional landowners on new residential developmentsof up to 6,500 new homes.They are proud to have worked on the largest modular development in the UK.Each of the plot sales hubs in the South, the Midlands and the North on average handle approximately 4,000 plots sales per annum. Each Plot Sales Hub comprises four teams who work together to support plot sale transactions: site set up; plot sales; part exchange;and infrastructure.The site set up stage is key to ensuring that plot sales run as smoothly as possible, reducing the length of sales times and avoiding delays. Each site set up team consists of experienced lawyers who understand the process from acquisition through to plot sales.The RoleThe business are looking to recruit a proactive Legal Secretary who can provide support to fee earners and partners across their Residential Development team.You will assist fee earners who act for housebuilders and developers dealing with residential development sites. The team specialise in dealing with land acquisitions, land disposals, strategic land options, promotion agreements, affordable housing and long-termdevelopment projects. They are also experienced in dealing with funding arrangements for development site acquisitions.The role will be based at our Birmingham office. The role is predominately office based but can be flexible.Key Skills and ExperienceThe successful candidate will be confident liaising with stakeholders, colleagues and clients, proactively organising and managing diaries and taking the lead on tasks to ensure an exceptional and seamless secretarial support service.In particular we look for the following attributes:* Previous legal secretarial experience working within either a residential or commercial property team is essential.* Ability to type, draft and produce documents efficiently, and with ease is essential.* Previous experience of high-volume document production.* Complete SDLT forms* Land Registry forms* Operate Searchflow* Competent working knowledge of Microsoft Word is highly essential.* First class communication skills both written and verbal.* Excellent levels of accuracy.* Initiative to learn and ability to self-motivate.* Experience of working under pressure to tight deadlines with the ability to remain calm.* Capability to prioritise and multitask effectively, with good time management and organisational skills.* Always demonstrate discretion and the ability to always maintain absolute confidentiality.* IT skills - Microsoft word, typing, case management use, formatting and editing documents.What youll receive* Competitive basic salary* An opportunity to work for an award winning law firm* The opportunity to purchase shares and become a stakeholder within the business* Excellent benefits package* Balance and flexibility to fit around your family and commitments* A supportive workplace, putting the health and mental wellbeing of its employees at the forefront of its culture.Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Keyskills :
"legal secretary" OR "legal assistant" OR "legal administrator" OR "conveyancing" OR "real estate"