Legal Administrator – Private Property and Agriculture Team

at  Clarke Willmott

VACANCY DETAILS

Our Private Property and Agriculture team has a new opportunity for an Legal Administrator to provide proactive and professional support to a group of fee earners within the team.
Role: Legal Administrator
Location: Taunton
Hours: Full Time
Term: Permanent
Vacancy Reference: 1259-BTN

WHO WE ARE

You’ll be joining a national law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by our exceptional people – each chosen for their industry knowledge and passion for their field. 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.
We work flexibly and you’ll be empowered to work where you do your best work, balancing your individual needs with the need for us to engage as teams and deliver excellent client service.
Most of our people choose to work in a hybrid fashion, working from home and attending our offices on occasion. Our offices are in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton, and Taunton.

DAY TO DAY, YOU’LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE BY:

Based in our Taunton office, you will be providing a crucial support function to our fast-paced residential property team handling a range of property purchases, sales, transfers of equity and mortgage related work, dealing with both freehold and leasehold properties.
The caseload covers a broad range of property types, to include acting for high value large rural properties, listed buildings and unregistered property. You will have plenty of client contact, with clients who choose to instruct us to benefit from a high quality, tailored service and you will develop your client relationship skills to meet their expectations.
Based in a friendly and supportive team, this role provides an excellent opportunity to develop your property career.

We are looking to hire a self-motivated Legal Administrator who will provide the team with proactive support with a focus on exceptional attention to detail, helping them deliver an outstanding service to their clients. Your workload will be varied but will include:

• Opening client files following firm procedures
• Archiving, filing and closing files
• Following case progression protocols and procedures
• Call handling
• Collation of documentation
• Document production using Microsoft Office and our case management system packages
• Creation of documentation
• Completion of transactions and post completion work.
• Dealing with client enquiries

This is a busy role, with deadlines to manage and competing priorities, so you will be required to work quickly, accurately and efficiently, whilst remaining calm under pressure. You will be expected to think ahead to meet the needs of your fee earners and clients.
It is an integral part of this role that you comply with information security and all firm policies and procedures.

THIS ROLE IS RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

Previous experience of working within a legal environment would be of benefit, but is not essential for this role. This role will suit you if you like to prioritise your own workload, work closely to deadlines, and have the ability to work with minimum supervision. You will need to demonstrate from experience that you are exceptionally organised and proactive and that you have a flexible ‘can-do’ attitude.
We expect you to be someone who takes pride in your work and can provide a first class support service to your fee earners, anticipating their needs in advance wherever possible whilst always paying meticulous attention to detail in all of your work.
You will have excellent spelling and grammar and be proficient with the usual Microsoft packages, including Excel and PowerPoint.
You should be able to demonstrate a solid level of academic achievement, with a minimum of 6 GCSE passes at grade C or above (or equivalent), including English and Maths.
Whilst previous administration experience is beneficial, we focus on your attitude, work ethic, initiative and problem solving skills, and a general willingness to learn and develop. All of these attributes will enable you to thrive in this role and further develop within the team and the firm.
Finally, we are looking for someone who can demonstrate initiative and problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn and develop, which will help you thrive in this role.