Legal Administrator - New Homes Conveyancing Team
- Recruiter
- Foot Anstey
- Location
- Taunton
- Posted
- 07 Sep 2016
- Closes
- 05 Oct 2016
- Sectors
- Admin, Secretarial & PA, Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Foot Anstey have an exciting opportunity available for a Legal Administrator to join the New Homes Conveyancing Team based in Taunton. Working on a full time, permanent basis, you will receive a highly competitive salary & benefits package.
Job Purpose
This role contributes to the work of the New Homes Team and supporting the Team Leader with the ongoing development of the team activities.
Legal Administrator will immediately enter the 'Foot Anstey Career Framework' to help you build and develop your future skill set, knowledge and experience. The framework has been designed to allow qualified and non-qualified team members to navigate promotion processes, attain rewards and achieve ongoing personal development to help those with aspirations of becoming an associate, senior associate, legal director and partner.
Key responsibilities as our Legal Administrator will include:
- To draft relevant documentation and provide administrative support to conveyancers
- To work with the Team Leader, others within the wider New Homes Team to provide support to our clients
- To ensure appropriate quality service and compliance for all matters in accordance with agreed standard policies
- To consistently meet all objectives as agreed on a quarterly and annual basis as part of the Team plans
- To be a role model for the Foot Anstey Values and encourage the others to do the same
What makes you the perfect Legal Administrator?
- A highly flexible approach and the capability to work well and flourish within a team environment
- Excellent all round communication skills including the capability to develop and maintain strong client relationships
- Ability to collaborate and work effectively with other colleagues internally, both within the wider team and across all practice areas.
- Commitment to working within a quality standard environment
- Commitment to ongoing professional and personal development including self awareness and self reflection and continuous improvement
- A track record of consistently delivering to targets and/or objectives
- An understanding of the importance of knowledge management and sharing
Why Foot Anstey
Foot Anstey is a leading regional law firm. Through a network of five offices across the South West, plus a newly opened London office, the firm operates as one national team offering specialist legal advice and services to regional, national and international clients, both businesses and individuals.
The firm has been acknowledged by industry commentators for its growth and business excellence. Most recently Foot Anstey was shortlisted for National/Regional Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards, for UK Law Firm of the Year in the British Legal Awards and also ranked in the recent Financial Times Innovative Lawyers report for its ongoing work with Screwfix and B&Q Tradepoint.
At Foot Anstey our people, like our Values, are at the very heart of our business. We aim to provide our employees with a rewarding career and work environment and an attractive and flexible benefits scheme as part of supporting the importance of work/life balance.
What’s in it for the Legal Administrator?
- Five weeks' annual leave
- Additional discretionary one day as an ‘office shut down’ day annually at Christmas time.
- Lifestyle Hour – a discretionary benefit to provide a fully flexible time slot for employees to take an additional hour away from work on a weekly basis in order to balance their personal lifestyle needs and their workload
- Life Assurance
- Contributory pension scheme with variable contribution options and the opportunity to salary exchange, which is a great way to boost both your pension and your take home salary through dealing with your NI contributions more efficiently
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced and bespoke maternity, paternity & adoption arrangements
- Staff conveyancing scheme
- Discounted shopping via the Foot Anstey Reward Gateway
If you feel you have the skills and experience to become the new Legal Administrator - New Homes Conveyancing Team then please click “Apply” today!