Legal Assistant - Residential Property

This is an exciting opportunity to support our busy Residential Property team as a legal assistant - residential property.

We d love to hear from you if you re highly organised, enjoy managing a varied workload, and thrive on meeting important deadlines. You ll be an experienced administrator with a flexible approach, strong secretarial skills, and a solid understanding of compliance processes and procedures within a professional services environment. This role is ideal for a legal assistant in residential property who wants to develop their expertise in property law.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays and pro-rata for part-time staff)

• Contributory pension scheme with Royal London for eligible staff

• Annual salary reviews and promotion panels

• Occupational sick pay from day one, plus assessed Income Protection benefits for eligible longer-term absences

• Free Specsavers eye tests and vouchers towards lenses for display screen equipment

• Employee assistance programme including counselling, 24/7 online GP services, and a range of health and wellbeing support

• Paid compassionate leave

• Access to the BUPA Menopause Plan under our menopause policy

• Discounts on legal services

• Access to financial support services

• Paid professional memberships

• Introduce a Friend scheme

• Active Social Committee arranging annual events and a wide range of other activities

Key Responsibilities

As a legal assistant - residential property, you will:

• Act as the first point of contact for client queries, ensuring a positive experience and building strong, ongoing relationships

• Manage daily tasks efficiently, including drafting emails, letters, contracts, and property-related documents such as transfers

• Handle multiple versions of large documents (contracts, leases, licences, mortgage deeds), ensuring accurate version control and correct use of tracked changes

• Maintain a paper-light approach: scan documents and keep electronic files to a high standard within the case management system

• Ensure all case files are managed in line with SRA requirements, Law Society protocols, internal procedures, and the LEXCEL quality mark

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrate exceptional organisation and communication skills, with meticulous attention to detail

• Strong time management, able to prioritise effectively in a busy environment

• High IT literacy: proficient in MS Office, with experience using electronic case management systems

• Skilled at working with detailed legal documents, with proven proficiency in version control and tracked changes

• Experience in a residential or commercial property legal team is an advantage

• Basic accounting knowledge relating to property processes is desirable

• A legal secretarial qualification or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in business/administration is advantageous

Joining our team as a legal assistant for the residential property team which offers excellent opportunities to gain hands-on experience in property transactions. This position allows a legal assistant for residential property to contribute to a high-performing team while developing skills in compliance, document management, and client support. We are looking for a proactive and highly organised legal assistant in residential property to play a key role in the ongoing success of our Residential Property team.