About The Role
We are looking to recruit an experienced Legal Support Assistant to support our busy partners and other lawyers in our well‑regarded Commercial Property division.
The role will require excellent organisational skills and the aptitude to gain a good knowledge of our clients and the work carried out.
Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by:
Reporting to the Legal Support Manager, you will be joining a team of experienced Legal Support Assistants who provide proactive support to our Commercial Property division.
We will provide high quality and professional support to our lawyers. The role will require excellent organisational skills, diary management and over time we would expect you to gain a good knowledge of our clients and the work we carry out.
Your regular duties will include:
- Monitoring and managing a workflow inbox covering the five office locations for the Commercial Property division
- Liaising with the Legal Support Assistants across the Commercial Property division to provide cover when necessary for other office locations
- Provide support to the Legal Support Administrators where necessary dependent on capacity
- Submitting expense claims
- Managing HighQ sites and completing monthly reports for various clients
- Submitting commercial searches
- Setting up and managing Docusign Envelopes for completion of documents
- Filing Companies House Registrations, Stamp Duty Land Tax and Land Registry Applications, keeping track of any requisitions and ensuring deadlines are met
You may also be involved in other tasks as required, including helping your colleagues during busy periods, and to cover absences in the team.
Due to the nature of the work our preference would be that you spend at least 3 days a week in the office.
It is an integral part of this role that you comply with information security and all firm policies and procedures.
Qualifications
The role is right for you if:
You have previous experience of working within a legal environment, however if you have at least 12 months’ experience of working within a busy support role and have a genuine interest in working within the legal sector, we would very much like to hear from you.
This role will suit you if you like to prioritise your own workload, work closely to deadlines, and if you can, work with minimum supervision and under pressure. You will need to demonstrate from experience that you are exceptionally organised and pro‑active, that you have a flexible ‘can‑do’ attitude, and that you have the skills to work closely with various stakeholders and have direct contact with clients.
You will have excellent spelling and grammar and, ideally, experience of audio typing. You will be proficient with the usual Microsoft packages, including Excel and be comfortable with learning new databases and other software packages.
You should be able to demonstrate a solid level of academic achievement, with a minimum of 6 GCSE passes at grade 4 or above (or equivalent), including English and Maths.
We expect you to be someone who takes pride in your work and in providing a first‑class support service to our fee earners, anticipating their needs in advance wherever possible, and paying meticulous attention to detail in all of your work.
We would like you to have an interest and a willingness to embrace learning AI tools.
Finally, we are looking for someone who can demonstrate initiative and problem‑solving skills and a willingness to learn and develop, which will help you thrive in this role.
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