Legal Secretary Legal Assistant

Ready for a legal support role where you can make an impact, learn from a highly experienced team and build your career within a Top 50 law Firm? We're looking for an organised, proactive Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant to join our friendly Real Estate Finance team. You'll be trusted with a varied workload, supported by approachable colleagues and partners, and given the flexibility to work in a way that helps you perform at your best. This could be a great fit if you already have at least 12 months' office experience, ideally within a law firm. We can offer you

• A competitive salary and excellent benefits, including private medical cover, 27 days' holiday plus bank holidays, and an extra day off for your birthday.
• Genuine flexibility, with hybrid working and the opportunity to work from home as well as from our newly refurbished Birmingham city-centre offices.
• A friendly, sociable and supportive team where people enjoy working together and genuinely look out for one another.
• Trust and autonomy – we'll give you the freedom to take ownership of your work, with support there when you need it.
• Plenty of scope to grow. You'll have a varied workload and, if you're ambitious to progress, opportunities to broaden your experience, develop new skills and take on greater responsibility. What you will be doing: You'll be at the heart of a busy, fast-paced and supportive team, working closely with three fee earners who handle a high volume of Islamic finance property transactions. It's a varied role where you'll play an important part in keeping transactions moving and making sure everything runs smoothly. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
• Opening new files and completing the associated client and matter set-up processes.
• Preparing documents for electronic signature and managing execution through DocuSign.
• Setting up completion payments and helping to ensure funds are ready when needed.
• Keeping internal and client reports accurate and up to date.
• Assisting with billing and other financial administration.
• Submitting applications to Companies House to register legal charges.
• Supporting the file closure process once transactions have completed.
• Responding to day-to-day queries and providing proactive administrative support to your fee earners. You'll use a range of systems and technology in the role, including our case management software, Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel, and DocuSign. You don't need to know everything from day one. What's most important is that you're organised, comfortable using technology, have great attention to detail and enjoy being part of a busy team. We'll support you in developing your knowledge of our processes and this specialist area of property finance. What you will need:
• A strong educational background.
• At least 12 months' office experience, ideally within a law firm, is preferred but not essential.
• The ability to work well as part of a team.
• Strong time management and organisational skills to work to competing deadlines.
• Have high attention to detail.
• Experience of working with Microsoft Office. Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information 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. We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells. Want to find out more about our amazing benefits? Additional information: Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward. Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. About Shakespeare Martineau Shakespeare Martineau is part of Ampa Group, a leading house of brands in legal and professional services. Ampa Group brings together complementary firms - including Lime Solicitors, Mayo Wynne Baxter, Marrons and others - connected by shared values and a modern, people-first culture. As a group, we're focused on unlocking potential. We believe in the power of &: corporate & human, purposeful & profitable, ambitious & inclusive. Ampa Group provides the shared infrastructure, development programmes, culture, values and empowered working framework that enable our brands, and our people, to thrive. For you, that means access to award-winning learning, flexibility built on trust, and opportunities to collaborate across a diverse network of specialists. Shakespeare Martineau remains its own distinctive brand with its own clients and markets. Ampa Group gives our people the strength of the group and the freedom to grow their careers in the way that works for them.