Legal Secretary Commercial Property
Posted Today by Peter Knight Recruitment
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Hertfordshire
Summary: The role of Legal Secretary at a commercial property law firm in Bishops Stortford involves providing comprehensive support to a solicitor across multiple sites. The position requires a self-motivated individual capable of managing various legal tasks independently, with a focus on drafting documents, audio typing, and client communication. Future hybrid working options may be available. The ideal candidate should possess prior commercial legal secretarial experience and strong organizational skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Basic drafting and preparation of correspondence and legal documents under supervision.
- Audio typing from digital dictation and copy-typing amendments to documents.
- Liaising with HMRC and the Land Registry for SDLT, document registration, and title closures.
- Conducting searches at Local Authorities using online search providers.
- Responding to clients via telephone and email professionally.
- Building and maintaining knowledge of clients and their matters.
- Archiving closed files and managing GDPR compliance.
- Liaising with suppliers and technical support.
Key Skills:
- Previous commercial legal secretarial experience.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and self-motivate.
- Proficiency in audio typing and document preparation.
- Familiarity with HMRC and Land Registry processes.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Adaptable personality and task-focused approach.
Salary (Rate): £17.00 Hourly
City: Bishops Stortford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Legal
Legal Secretary
My client is a commercial property law firm based in Bishops Stortford and they now require a stand a lone Legal Secretary on a Full time office basis with the potential for hybrid working in the future.
The Solicitor who you will be supporting works across multiple sites and so the jobholder will need to work independently and will be self motivated to achieve the allocated work.
The job requirements are as follows
- Basic drafting and preparation of correspondence and legal documents under the supervision of the relevant fee earner. It would be helpful if the candidate could prepare and amend spreadsheets where necessary.
- Audio typing from digital dictation as well as copy-typing amendments to documents to include checking that all correspondence and documents are correct and in the in-house style prior to sending.
- Liaising with HMRC and the Land Registry including but not limited to SDLT, registering documents and closures of title and responding to requisitions.
- Carrying out searches at the Local Authorities using online search providers and portals.
- Responding to clients by telephone and email in a professional way conveying messages to fee earners where required.
- Building and maintaining knowledge of clients and their matters, and the work in general.
- Archiving closed files and dealing with GDPR.
- Liaising with suppliers and with dedicated technical support.
The ideal person will have previous commercial legal secretarial experience; be task focussed with an adaptable personality and thrive on being highly organised.
The working environment is informal, 40 hours per week on a temp to perm basis. Then employment with 25 days holiday plus 8 days Bank Holiday, Pension and discretionary bonus.