Legal Assistant
Birchall Blackburn Law
Legal Assistant
Salary Not Specified
Birchall Blackburn Law, Preston
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 18 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 9f0717e4c4cb45fd93160db646f06abb
Full Job Description
Working within our Specialist & Commercial Property team you will support a Solicitor in their varied caseload from instruction through to completion and registration. You will be responsible for ensuring you maintain ongoing high performance and deliver a quality, client-focused operation.
You are responsible to ensure the delivery of excellent, added value client service, which continually exceeds client expectations., Client Management
- Maintain and build good professional working relationships with clients, external institutions and organisations
- Develop and improve client service standards, adopting a total customer care culture throughout your team
- Obtaining title documents
- Assisting with exchanges and completions
- Undertaking relevant searches and prepare Search reports
- Drafting SDLT returns and Transfer Deeds
- Prepare Mortgage Reports
- Liaise with clients and third parties
- Request Redemption statements
- Adhere to and promote compliance with Conveyancing Quality Scheme and the Conveyancing Protocol, the firm's policies, practices and procedures; legislation applicable to the profession and to any relevant quality standards
- Through training and other means, to keep fully up to date with relevant legislation and practice
- Preparing and drafting Contract Packs
- Preparing and drafting Title Reviews
- Identifying and obtaining missing documentation from a review of a file, dealing with enquiries; and checking title documents
Previous legal assistant experience within conveyancing required - Experience of using case management software
- Good inter-personal skills, able to deal with all levels within an organisation and relieve potential conflicts
- Able to work accurately and clearly explain technical matters to non technical users in both written and verbal forms
- A client focused approach to service delivery
- Strong experience in using Microsoft office tools - Word, Excel, Outlook etc.
- Working knowledge of the CQS Protocol, , UKFML, and BSA Handbooks
- Self-motivated and able to work under pressure to strict deadlines/timescales excellent communication skills and telephone manner
- An attention to detail
- Highly organised
- Flexible, conveyancing legal assistant: 2 years (preferred)
Casual dress - Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Store discount
- Work from home
- Monday to Friday
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