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City of Edinburgh
£26k – £35k/yr
Posted about 14 hours ago
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Legal Secretary - Residential Conveyancing

Edinburgh City Centre based | fully office-based role

Permanent | Full time hours | Monday to Friday Salary up to £35,000 per annum + benefits (depending on experience)

Search Consultancy are delighted to be working exclusively with a leading Law firm based in Edinburgh City Centre to recruit this role on a permanent basis.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive secretarial support to fee earners within the firm’s Residential Conveyancing team.

This role would ideally suit an experienced Legal Secretary (preferably with specific Conveyancing experience) looking to join one of Scotland’s leading firms in the field!

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Duties involved in this role will include:

  • Timely and accurate completion of varied documentation and correspondence as required in accordance with the fee earner instructions and department styles
  • Undertaking digital dictation and typing for the fee earners on a daily basis
  • Dealing with incoming calls, emails & correspondence coming into the department, flagging & escalating as appropriate
  • Taking & passing on messages to the appropriate person within the department
  • Assisting fee earners with ad hoc administration as & when required such as form filling
  • Liaising with the Secretarial Support Manager to help plan allocation of work across the teams & staff
  • Various other Secretarial & Admin duties as directed

In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include:

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  • Previous experience as a Legal Secretary or Legal Administrator preferably with exposure specifically to Residential Conveyancing – this experience is ESSENTIAL
  • Excellent organisation skills & excellent attention to detail – with the ability to prioritise a very busy workload & pivot your focus when needed
  • First class IT and typing skills including a good level of competence with the MS Office suite and preferably some experience of using digital dictation software
  • First class communication skills – both written & verbal

If this is the role for you, apply now!

Please note that only applicants who have the required skills and experience detailed above will be considered for this role.

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Skills

Residential Conveyancing
Digital Dictation
Typing
MS Office
Administrative Support
Communication Skills
Organization Skills
Attention To Detail
Document Preparation
Correspondence Management

Location

City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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