Real Estate - London, United Kingdom - Weightmans

Weightmans

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

About your new role:

PLEASE NOTE:
This role is not on the list of occupations eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route

Our national Real Estate team provides a complete range of legal and advisory services on all aspects of commercial property to an excellent and diverse client base.

This role is an opportunity to join an innovative and high performing, busy team in a client facing role. Our focus is on delivering a first class client service.

We advise on a broad range of commercial property work including landlord & tenant; sales & purchases; property management; regeneration projects & development agreements and associated construction, planning and funding arrangements.

Our clients range from major retailers, leisure operators, regional developers, local authorities, universities and healthcare providers.

We have been involved in a range of projects from £100 million city centre regeneration schemes to smaller bespoke ventures.

We offer an excellent in house training and development programme.

Main duties and responsibilities

Assist case handlers and secretaries
Open new case files/matters ensuring compliance with Lexcel and internal procedures
Prepare and copy various documents such as letters, enclosures, bundles etc
Collect and coordinate incoming and outgoing post
Perform filing tasks
Perform general photocopying & scanning duties
Perform general file management duties
Prepare and send out various internal and external documents
Assist with the inputting of information on various systems
Close and archive files
Perform other administrative duties as are appropriate
Ensure relevant deadlines and quality measures are adhered to
Comply with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures
Work in accordance with Weightmans' values

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of the role.

About You:

Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a similar role and in a similar environment.

As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks.

We are also looking for you to have:

Experience in a busy legal/office environment is desirable
Have a Law Degree or a LPC (or studying towards)
Are able to show initiative and be selfmotivated when required to work on own
Strong organisational and communication skills
You must have the ability to prioritise tasks and your workload
Have good housekeeping skills
A "hands on" approach to work
Knowledge of computers and office equipment
You will be working with spreadsheets, Collecting data and producing MI reports
A ' will try anything' approach'

Why work for us:

Weightmans is a Top 45 law firm with offices throughout the UK.

Having been recognised as the leading legal employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards 2021 and achieved record rankings in Chambers UK.

The independent research showed "Weightmans provides exceptional employee conditions, nurtures and develops talent throughout all levels of the organisation."

We are truly committed to fostering a culture of equality and diversity, where everyone in the firm is respected and recognised on merit for the work that they do.

Work for a firm where people matter - work for Weightmans.
As well as being immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people we offer a wide range of benefits including;

28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (prorated for part time)
Agile / working from home including provision of home office equipment
Healthcare cover/ Medicash
Pension plan
Life Insurance 4 x salary
Interest free travel loan scheme
Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service
Discounted gym membership
Discounted dental scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Offers & discounts
Great reward and recognition scheme

- there are a small number of roles that cannot be performed from home, your Recruitment Adviser can confirm.

Please note

Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.
We are open to part time/job share applicants.

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**Eligibility to work in the UK