We are currently looking for an experienced secretary/assistant to support a single fee earner, as part of an experienced conveyancing team currently consisting of 5 fee earners and 4 assistants. With a one fee earner to one assistant ratio at the practice.
This role will require someone capable of taking specific steps in residential property matters. This will be a transactional role, where responsibility will lie with the solicitor in charge who will delegate tasks as required. These will include file opening, searching, and various steps pre and post completion.
Preference will be given under our established policy to an individual who knows the Wharfe Valley and surrounding area and who has a real connection with it.
The right person must be experienced enough to take on the delegated task with a minimum of supervision as well as manage their own work flow.
Main Duties:
• To act as assistant to a fee earner in the conveyancing department.
• Typing from digital dictation (Voicepower DPA), quickly and accurately and prioritising where required and/or noted
• Correcting the fee earner’s obvious mistakes and checking where in any doubt
• Composing and producing routine correspondence and documents using the firm’s Case Management System (P4W TFB) and assisting in ongoing developments of that system
• Opening new files and matters and send out fee estimate letters
• Scan client ID & other documents and update the matter file
• Send out Property searches
• Obtain documents from Land Registry, office copy entries.
• Complete registration post completion with Land Registry
• File SDLT return and arrange payment of SDLT tax
• File any deeds and document in storage accurately
• Assisting with the workload of others in the conveyancing team where time allows and/or priorities and/or holiday periods require
Responsible for: Assisting the conveyancing department in all matters relating to domestic conveyancing
Practical qualifications: Previous legal experience in residential property essential
Interested candidates should send a covering letter and their CV to our practice manager Lakhi Bual at lakhi.bual@newsteadwalker.co.uk.
