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PA - Property Law

Location: Saffron Walden 

Type: Full-Time, on site Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm (1 hour lunch)

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Our client is seeking a PA - Property law to provide effective administrative and organisational support to our partners, fee earners, and practice manager. This is a key role in ensuring the smooth running of legal matters, maintaining compliance, and delivering exceptional client service.

Key Responsibilities:

Prepare correspondence and reports as requested by partners or fee earners, including accounts requests.

Diary management and assisting fee earners with personal organisation, including managing electronic and paper files, and keeping track of key dates through their case management system (SOS Connect).

Communicate with clients and third parties to onboard new clients, complete due diligence, and ensure compliance. Update clients on progress and assist with file closing and archiving.

Act as a trusted point of contact for clients when fee earners are unavailable, ensuring positive representation of the firm in line with our client's Core Values and Customer Service Excellence (CSE) accreditation.

Flag any concerns to fee earners promptly and keep them updated with file notes and other interactions in accordance with Lexcel, Law Society, and SRA requirements.

Skills and Knowledge:

Strong communication and organisational skills to manage calls, diary schedules, and document filing.

Ability to quickly learn and use the firm’s case management system, SOS Connect, and develop knowledge of its functionality.

A detailed understanding of systems and procedures for specific work areas, such as Conveyancing or Private Client, Property law would be desirable not not essential.

Previous experience of working in a solicitors office.

A collaborative attitude with the willingness to support other areas of the practice as needed.

Familiarity with client requirements and fee earner expectations to effectively manage administrative tasks and client interactions.

If you are interested in the role of PA - Property Law and feel that you have the relevant experience, please contact your Recruitment Partner, Lisa Logan at Unicorn Resourcing on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

If this job isn't exactly right for you but you're looking for something new, please contact us for a confidential career discussion.

Unicorn Resourcing Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in regard to this Permanent opportunity