Legal Assistant

We are recruiting for a Legal Assistant / Conveyancing Assistant to join our Residential Property, Farms and Estates team in Marlborough. You will provide an efficient and effective administrative support to the team in which you work, enabling the team to function effectively and achieve its objectives. 

Key Responsibilities

• Manage an administrative workload under the guidance of fee earners
• Provide administrative support to fee earners including file-opening, telephone management, document production (incl. audio-typing, managing voice recognition procedures and outsourcing providers), filing/ archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management and dealing with post
• Draft documents and bills, under supervision, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect fee earner instructions
• Undertake basic legal processes, under supervision, such as assisting to process cases through portals, obtaining relevant documentation, arranging case meetings, arranging funding, liaising with the court, completing relevant forms and processing monies
• Correspond with clients as required through telephone, email, letter and face to face
• Provide administrative support for business development and marketing activities including booking facilities and refreshments, booking specialist, preparing presentation materials and associated marketing documentation

Skills and Experience

• Previous experience within a Legal Assistant or Administrative role
• Excellent organisation capability with the ability to effectively prioritise
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Office suite and other relevant IT platforms
• Strong written communication skills
• Demonstrate a good understanding of client relationship management