Conveyancing Legal Assistant
Bath
Salary up to £32k DOE
Yolk Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded law firm with the recruitment of a Legal Assistant to join its busy Conveyancing team in Bath. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Legal Assistant with legal experience to develop within residential conveyancing, working closely with experienced lawyers and supporting a department known for delivering excellent client service.
As a Legal Assistant within the Conveyancing team, you will play a key role in helping fee earners manage their workload, progress transactions efficiently and provide a professional, friendly service to clients. This Legal Assistant role would suit someone organised, proactive and detail-focused, who enjoys a varied workload and working as part of a supportive legal team.
This is what you will be doing
As a Conveyancing Legal Assistant your duties and responsibilities will be:-
Supporting lawyers within the Conveyancing department with day-to-day legal and administrative tasks.
Typing correspondence, opening new files, filing documents and preparing files for billing.
Ordering searches and Land Registry documents as part of the conveyancing process.
Screening incoming calls, prioritising emails, post and messages, and helping clients where appropriate.
Assisting with the preparation of straightforward legal documents and supporting client updates throughout the transaction.
The experience you will bring to the team
You will bring the following experience to the Conveyancing team:-
Previous experience of working in a legal environment.
Strong administrative skills with excellent attention to detail.
Confident communication skills, both written and verbal.
The ability to stay calm, professional and focused when managing a busy workload.
Good IT skills, including experience using Microsoft Office packages.
This is what you will get in return
Competitive salary.
Full-time, permanent position.
The opportunity to develop your legal skills within a busy Conveyancing team.
Supportive working environment with training and guidance from experienced colleagues.
Employee benefits and the chance to be part of a friendly, forward-thinking legal team.
Are you up to the challenge?
If you're a Conveyancing Legal Assistant ready to take the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch to find out more. All enquiries will be handled in the strictest confidence by Yolk Recruitment. If you are looking to pursue the next step in your career with a highly regarded law firm, we encourage you to apply by contacting Oliver Coodye on (phone number removed) or alternatively send your CV Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work. *Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities