Legal Secretary - Cheltenham, United Kingdom - GMP Recruitment Ltd
Description
GMP Recruitment are proud to be partnered with a well-respected and highly successful law firm located in Cheltenham.We are supporting their recruitment for a Legal Secretary to join their Town and Country Homes team on a full time, permanent basis.
This is a full time, permanent position, Monday - Friday, 09:00am - 17:30pm offering a salary of £25,000 which is demonstrable with relevant experience.
Our client is a law firm that has built a reputation around providing outstanding legal advice and exceptional service to regional, national and international private clients.
As a Legal Secretary you will provide expert secretarial and administrative support to a small but busy team, working under a senior Partner of the firm and dealing with high net-worth clients and high-value properties, so it is vital you have exceptional attention to detail and excellent client services skills.
Legal Secretary main duties:
- Providing secretarial support to a busy team of partners, solicitors, and other fee earners dealing with high networth clients and highvalue properties.
- File opening including client due diligence, file management, and closure.
- Obtaining documents from Land Registry.
- Ordering searches.
- Dealing with disbursements and client account management.
- Preparation of completion statements and invoices.
- Completing Stamp Duty Land Tax returns and filing them with HMRC.
- Dealing with clients on the telephone and in person where necessary.
Legal Secretary desired skills and experience:
- At least 3 years of experience supporting property fee earners, ideally within residential conveyancing
- Attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Familiar with case management systems.
- Selfstarter and uses own initiative.
- Understanding of the conveyancing process.
- Ability to work under pressure.
In return for all the above you will receive a salary of £25,000 which is demonstrable with experience, plus excellent fringe benefits.
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Legal secretarial: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Full UK Driving License (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location:
In person
Reference ID:
J1224
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