Residential Property Legal Assistant

About Davisons Law

Davisons Law is a leading law firm with a strong presence in Residential Property Law. The firm is known for its client-focused approach, high-quality legal services, and investment in our Team's personal and career development. This is an excellent Residential Property Legal Assistant opportunity for a motivated and detail-oriented individual with at least 12 months experience providing administrative support in a residential property department.

Key Responsibilities:

· Administering filing systems which will include opening, closing, storage and retrieval of client files.

· Be passionate about developing and maintaining strong professional working relationships with clients, estate agents and other professionals involved in property transactions.

· Be able to prioritise work and keep calm under pressure to meet tight deadlines.

· Providing regular updates and reporting on client matters.

· Have a strong organisation skillset, IT literate and experience of using case management systems.

· Be commercially driven and astute, understanding the importance of business targets and their impact to the practice, generating a fee income in line with agreed targets.

· To have excellent administrative, planning, organisation and time management skills.

· Experience of handling client enquiries both face to face, remotely and by telephone.

· Managing new client enquiries and providing quotations.

· Provide quotations to clients and prospective clients both verbally and in writing.

· Support the exchange of contracts

· Draft completion statements and prepare files for completion.

· Report to our clients on searches, mortgage contract and title pack.

· Raising enquiries with seller's solicitors and replying to enquiries of buyer's solicitors.

What you'll do

When you join the Davisons Law Residential Property team as a Residential Property Legal Assistant, you will be a point of contact for enquiries and provide administrative support throughout the conveyancing process.

What's in it for you:

Working with Davisons Law as a Residential Property Legal Assistant is more than just a job. We give all our employees the opportunity to develop and shape their futures with us. Employees at Davisons Law can take control of their own career by following our Leadership or Technical career path.

We offer a competitive salary plus access to a range of excellent benefits, including:

· Professional Subscriptions paid.

· Additional holiday days during our Christmas shutdown so that you can enjoy time with your friends and family.

· Referral rewards

· Option to buy or sell 3 days of your annual leave.

· Paycare Health Cash Scheme

· Discounted legal fees.

· Your birthday off in addition to your annual leave entitlement

· Birthday gift voucher

You will also be able to join your colleagues if you wish, at Davisons social events.

· Dress down & treat day on the last Friday of each month.

· Annual Christmas company celebration

· Localised office events

Equal opportunities

Davisons Law is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

Additional information:

Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications, we may need to bring the close date forward. Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted.

Join Davisons Law and be part of a law firm that values you and provides opportunities to act with purpose and thrive.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person