Legal Team Assistant - Property

Our client is a prestigious London law firm – they are now looking to recruit a Legal Team Assistant to join their busy and expanding Residential Property team in London.

This role is to assist their fee earners and secretaries with day-to-day management of residential specific documents and applications.

The standard hours are 9.30am to 5.30pm. The salary on offer is £25,000 + Benefits. This role is initially a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. You will be working in their office for 2 or 3 days a week (flexibility required).

This is a great Legal Team Assistant opportunity to join one of London’s most prestigious law firms!

Your responsibilities as a Legal Team Assistant will include:

• General administrative support to team
• Photocopying and scanning
• Updating and organising Excel spreadsheets
• Basic HMLR applications and initial drafting of SDLT forms
• Printing, filing and labelling
• Acknowledging receipt of documents and post
• Any other duties as requested by the team

Requirements as a Legal Team Assistant include:

• Ideally previous Administrative/Team Assistant experience gained from a Law firm
• Previous experience of working within Residential Property
• Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent, including Maths and English
• Competent on all MS Office packages
• Ability to work both as part of a team and unsupervised to meet the varied needs of the department
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and flexibly when required
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to pick up new systems and procedures quickly