Legal Assistant in Birmingham

Due to growth, we have an opportunity for a Legal Assistant to work on a permanent basis within our Plot team in Birmingham. The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Assisting a team of Conveyancers who have a caseload of new build property purchase transactions for multiple UK developments.
• Drafting and sending out completion paperwork.
• Dealing with searches, post-completion formalities, including SDLT and Land Registry registrations.
• Sorting, organising and distributing post in the office.

We are the leading residential development and urban regeneration legal team in the country acting for 18 of the top 20 UK housebuilders, institutional landowners such as Oxford University and other large-scale sector participants. We advise over the complete life cycle of new build housing from initial heads of terms, acquiring the land, obtaining planning permission, building out the scheme and the sale of the new homes. Schemes range from local developments of 50 new homes up to 20,000 unit green field urban extensions and multi-billion pound urban regeneration schemes in central London. We also advise our PLC clients at Group level on national issues such as cladding remediation post-Grenfell and Competition and Markets Authority investigations.

This is an entry-level position, and we are looking for a self-motivated individual who is dedicated to supporting the team, and performing a wide variety of administrative tasks to the best of their ability. While there are pathways for professional development and career progression, this position is best suited for those who are eager to excel in this role and have a vision for longer term growth within our organisation. The successful candidate will have the following:

• A keen attention to detail
• An organised approach with the ability to manage a large volume of work
• Confidence in learning and using a variety of IT systems, including Microsoft Office products and ideally case management systems
• A team player, willing to support colleagues on a variety of admin tasks
• A focus on deadlines

With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around, our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.

We offer a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent).

We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond.

Diversity, inclusion and well being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture. We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company, a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.