Legal Secretary

**Residential Property Legal Secretary**

Our client one of the leading regional law firms in London and South East LEXCEL accredited. Offering a full range of legal advice to business and individual clients, have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Property Legal Secretary. To join theirbusy property department based in Hornchurch you will have experience with either Residential or Commercial Property or both.

**The Role**
- To provide secretarial support to the property fee earner
- Screening incoming calls
- Dealing with new business opportunities so that these are processed efficiently helping to ensure the continued success of the property department
- Audio typing using digital dictation
- Diary management, booking rooms and arranging meetings
- Using case management system
- Liaise with clients, solicitors, Estate agents and mortgage lenders
- Providing quotations, sending out client care letters
- Deal with client queries, and take instruction from clients
- Amend and reformat documents
- Using HRMC website to complete stamp duty land tax forms
- Deal with post completion matters
- Maintain client files, opening and closing of files
- Maintain the filing system
- Assist fee earners in the maintenance of client accounts

**Experience required**:

- At least 1 years recent Residential or Commercial Property legal secretarial experience
- Fast and accurate audio typing skills, including Digital dictation
- Experience with Microsoft office, word, outlook, Excel
- Able to prioritise and multitask
- Excellent telephone manor
- Possess the ability to deal with client queries when fee earners are out of the office
- Friendly working environment
- Competitive salary
- Hours Monday to Friday 9am
- 5.30pm

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