Legal Assistant

5 months ago


Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Morris & Company Full time

We are currently recruiting for a Legal Assistant/Paralegal for our in house legal team. This full-time role involves working as part of a professional, friendly team providing wide ranging administrative support from proof reading and document preparation to conducting legal research and maintaining accurate electronic records. You will have experience of working in a legal office, be inquisitive and have good organisational skills with the ability to work to deadlines, a confident multitasker and communicator with proficient IT skills.

Salary range dependent on experience.

The responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

- General administrative support to the team such as:

- photocopying
- scanning
- filing
- making and receiving telephone calls and dealing with basic telephone enquiries
- dealing with incoming and outgoing post
- attending meetings and taking notes where needed
- File creation
- Proof reading policies and documentation
- Assisting with compilation of standard documentation and information packs for property developments
- Obtaining title documents and submitting searches
- Preparing engrossment documents for signature and overseeing the internal signing procedure
- Acknowledging and responding to notices in respect of both residential and commercial developments
- Management of the key-dates reminder system and deeds storage
- Maintenance of accurate electronic records and ensuring all records are up to date and filed appropriately
- Conducting legal research
- Closing and archiving files together with management of the archiving database
- Undertaking such other duties as may from time to time be required to support the In-House legal Team to support the Group’s corporate objectives.

**Required Skills**:

- Discretion - dealing with confidential information and maintaining confidentiality
- Ability to deal with large amounts of information and work on several tasks at the same time
- Good organisational and time management skills - ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to communicate and present information clearly and concisely both verbally and written
- High level of accuracy and good attention to detail
- Confident IT skills, in particular Microsoft systems particularly Office and Teams. Whilst experience of using a legal Case Management System and data rooms would be an advantage it is not essential.
- Ability to plan and manage own workload
- Ability and willingness to follow instruction and learn new tasks
- Adaptable and able to remain calm under pressure without sacrificing attention to detail
- Work as part of team and be open minded and flexible towards on-going development of the role
- Willingness to undergo internal and external training
- Inquisitive mind happy to engage in independent study to support training

**Salary**: From £24,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Shrewsbury: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person


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