Role: Legal Secretary (Real Estate Team)
Location: Bromsgrove Office
Hours: Part Time (28 hours p/w)
Term: Permanent
About mfg
You’ll be joining a regional law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by
our exceptional people. We want to help you to reach your full potential, love the work
you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It’s our goal to make you feel great
about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for
you to stay with us for many years.
The Real Estate Team
As Legal Secretary, you will work alongside Partner and Team Head Ben Rothery, Senior
Associate Lauren Powers and our established Real Estate team. Our Real Estate team
consists of 33 staff operating across six of our Midlands offices.
Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by…
We’re looking for someone with experience in secretarial duties such as drafting
correspondence, audio typing, assisting with file management, taking instruction from
fee earners – to include but not exhaustively making the amendments on travelling
draft documents – either dictated or by hand, engaging clients, maintaining diaries and
administrative tasks.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake delegated work such as typing, word processing and photocopying.
- File management including storage, retrieval, opening and closing of files.
- Take phone calls, make appointments and advise clients when appropriate.
- Providing excellent client care.
Requirements
- Experience of working in a legal secretarial role, with experience in commercial
and/or residential property preferred.
- Excellent communication and attention to detail skills.
- Experience in audio typing and dictation.
- Computer literacy and knowledge of Outlook, Microsoft Office, Excel and
DocuSign.
- Knowledge of Land Registry portal, drafting and submission of forms.
- Experience in carrying out electronic property searches.
- Experience in preparing and submitting SDLT applications on the HMRC portal.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload to the required standard within the
required timescales.
- Ability to work well in a team environment and independently.
- Ability to work under pressure.
Salary & Benefits
- 25 days’ holiday to start rising to 27 (plus additional days at Christmas and
statutory Bank Holidays)
- Healthcare benefit scheme
- Employee Assistance programme and wellbeing services – 24/7 helpline facility
- Discounted legal fees for staff and family members
