Conveyancing Assistant

Job Title: Conveyancing Assistant

Department: Residential Property

Location: Hertford

Salary: Up to £25,000 (DOE)

Permanent, Full Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Conveyancing Assistant to join a Legal 500 ranked national law firm to provide administrative support within a small team of Conveyancers in their Residential Property department in Hertford.

This is the perfect opportunity for a junior legal professional to develop themselves further within a fantastic team, particularly if you have a passion for the Residential Conveyancing sector.

The Role:

The successful candidate will be joining the firm as a Conveyancing Assistant primarily to provide administrative support to a Residential Conveyancer. Your duties will include but will not be limited to the following:

• Opening files and setting up paper files
• Providing cover for telephone and email diverts
• Photocopying, scanning and filing
• Seeing clients to take initial paperwork where required
• Speaking with site offices and developer’s solicitors when required
• Speaking with clients on the telephone
• Assisting with collating information for reports on report days
• Dealing with incoming post/emails and faxes
• Date stamping incoming post
• Printing incoming post/emails and faxes and finding files
• Preparing outgoing post
• Applying searches
• Retrieving and filing away archive files
• Maintaining the archive file spreadsheet
• Selecting closed files for audit and making a record
• Organising files ready for audit
• Preparing audit records for manager

Person Specifics:

• At least 1 years’ experience in the legal sector ideally in a similar position
• Experience within a Residential Conveyancing department is desirable
• Excellent organisation and administration skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Great attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure
• Educated to GCSE level

If you're interested in this position, and you meet the requirements of the role, please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Zoe Alexander for a confidential discussion.

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*Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we are unable to contact applicants who have been unsuccessful