Legal Secretary

Covent Garden, Greater London

As a Legal Secretary within the Real Estate team, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations. You will manage a range of administrative and legal support tasks while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and organisation.

Company Benefits:

  • Competitive salary of £35,000
  • Private medical insurance
  • Pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Employee assistance programme and access to a GP service
  • Annual bonus scheme, including company profit share and performance bonus
  • Employee discounts and benefits platform
  • Ongoing professional development and training
  • Regular team events and social activities
  • Flexible and agile working environment

Key Responsibilities:

  • Providing comprehensive secretarial support to the Real Estate team
  • Preparing correspondence, legal documents and reports through digital dictation
  • Managing diaries, meetings and general administrative tasks
  • Handling client communications and maintaining a professional telephone manner
  • Supporting commercial property transactions and documentation
  • Assisting with billing procedures and administrative processes
  • Onboarding new clients and maintaining accurate client records
  • Conducting Land Registry searches and submitting applications
  • Preparing and submitting HMRC/SDLT returns
  • Managing filing, scanning and document organisation
  • Providing support to other secretaries within the team when required

Experience and Skills Requirements:

  • Previous experience as a Legal Secretary, ideally within a property or real estate environment
  • Experience supporting commercial property transactions
  • Strong audio typing skills (minimum 60 wpm) and experience using digital dictation
  • Excellent organisational and workflow management skills
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
  • Experience with Land Registry applications and property searches
  • Ability to assist with HMRC/SDLT submissions
  • Exceptional attention to detail and strong administrative ability
  • Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines
  • A collaborative team player with a proactive approach

If you have not been contacted within 5 working days, then unfortunately on this occasion your CV has not been shortlisted.

Posted 2026-03-06

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