Role: Legal Secretary
Location: Kidderminster Office
Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week)
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 Residential Team
As Legal Secretary, you will work alongside Partner Javed Ahmed and other fee earning
and support colleagues at our Kidderminster office. Our Residential team operates from
mfg’s Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Telford, Worcester and Ludlow offices.
Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by…
We’re ideally looking for someone with experience in supporting residential property
transactions, preferably within a legal or professional services environment, with an
ability to undertake all aspects of conveyancing administration from file opening to
post-exchange, post-completion work and client engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- File opening/closing, drafting of relevant correspondence, completion of relevant
conveyancing admin, Land Registry applications, submission of Stamp Duty
returns and post-completion work in accordance with compliance requirements.
- Client care and engagement.
- File management and assisting with the progression of client matters.
- Typing, photocopying and diary management.
Requirements
- Experience of working in a legal secretary role preferred, or as a minimum a fast
paced secretarial role.
- Excellent communication and attention to detail skills.
- Highly computer literate, with knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Salary & Benefits
- 22 days’ holiday to start rising to 25 (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
- Death in service provision
- Auto enrolment in our Company Pension
