Legal Administrator
4 days ago
Southampton
Legal Administrator Location: Southampton SO15 2BE Company: Broadfield UK Job description: The firm At Broadfield Law, we keep the bigger picture in mind. We care about helping shape what’s important to people and society. We work constructively with our colleagues and clients and explain things clearly in a friendly and approachable way. Above all, our focus is on doing things right and doing them well. So, we build longstanding and mutually beneficial client relationships based on trust and genuine partnership. The team The Real Estate Group provides high quality advice and service to developer clients providing a complete service right from acquisition of land through the planning stage, the creation of the new development site and the eventual sales of the individual homes. The opportunity An opportunity has arisen for a Legal Administrator to join our Real Estate Development team based in our Reading office. The role will work alongside the partners and fee earners in the team to provide them with general administrative and legal support The main tasks of this role would include: • File management; including file opening, closing, matter balance clearance, scheduling, archiving, and maintaining client information in databases., • Conducting pre-completion / exchange tasks such as research, ordering official copies, requesting searches on the InfoTrack portal and downloading documents from planning portals., • Data site management and creation; monitoring and downloading documents from third party data sites., • Drafting payment requests, conducting checks to verify details, managing payment process on fee earner behalf Handling general administrative tasks such as, inbox monitoring, expense claims, meeting preparation (i.e. room bookings, catering etc;) and any other reasonable task requested by the fee earners. Working as part of a support team; assisting with overflow of work / cover for absences · Providing support to the wider real estate department as appropriate · Any other duties as reasonably required by the partners and managers of the firm • Systems used: Salesforce, Elite, DocuSign, Sharefile, High Q, InfoTrack, Filetrack, NetDocuments and Intapp. Who we are looking for KEY REQUIREMENTS Qualifications Preferred Graduate with some legal knowledge or ILSPA (equivalent) or Cilex secretarial qualification A Level or Equivalent or above is preferred Knowledge/Experience preferred · A strong candidate will have 1-2 years previous administrative experience within an office environment. Experience at a law firm preferred. · Experience in a Real Estate department (commercial or residential) an advantage Skills • An organised approach to working, • Strong attention to detail, • Ability to prioritise Reliable and adaptable team player with the ability to adapt to changing requirements Job Specification • 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday – 35 hours per week, • Reasonable additional hours may be required from time to time Work Location: In person