Paralegal
Residential Property ParalegalPermanent, full timeBased at our Crawley office and at home. This is an exceptional opportunity for a Residential Property Paralegal to join our team. Ideally you will have the ability to work independently and proven experience of working towards financial targets. You will have previous Paralegal experience and a high standard of interpersonal and communication skills. It is envisaged that this will be a full-time role but we are always willing to consider different working patterns. Your key duties will be to support with a wide range of property work, including but not limited to completion of initial contract packs, drafting sale contracts, submitting stamp duty land tax returns and making applications to the Land Registry for a range of Residential Property clientsdeal with post-completion work - to include dealing with payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax, registration, discharge of mortgage and estate agents fees, service of any relevant notices, taking out any necessary indemnity policies and scheduling of Deedsattending client meetings, dealing with legal reporting work and dealing with progress enquiries throughout from clients, estate agents, mortgage brokers/financial advisers and colleagues in other departments. Skills and experience you will have: experience in a similar Paralegal or Legal Secretary position.A positive and friendly manner in dealing with clients, referrers and colleaguesability to manage your workload and when to request additional inputability to provide excellent client service Key competencies you will need: How we work a high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a demanding environmentexcellent organisational and prioritising skillsthe ability to work in a busy teamexcellent communication skills How we work We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences, and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it. This role will require you to attend different offices from time to time and can encompass some home working.
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