Legal Support Assistant

About The Role

We are currently looking for a pro active professional with an interest in the legal sector to fulfill a crucial role in our support staff within our Residential Property team. The Residential Property team is fast‑growing, highly collaborative, with vast opportunity to excel in your career.

Based in Cambridge and reporting to our Joint Head of Team, the Legal Assistant role objective is to provide in‑depth business support to the fee earners within the team, including the following responsibilities:

• Drafting and formatting letters, documents, and forms such as sale contracts and exchange and completion letters.
• Conducting searches (Local Authority, Land Registry, Insolvency, Compliance Regulation).
• Serving as the first point of contact for any administrative and business support requirements for fee earners, anticipating the team’s needs where possible.
• Supporting the file opening process for the team.
• Assisting with the preparation of all financial transactions as required, including new matter quotes.
• Filtering client and agent queries, at times being the first point of contact for clients.

About You

• Sound knowledge of IT systems including full Microsoft Office suite and Teams.
• Excellent attention to detail in all aspects of your work, with confident typing abilities.
• Strong communication and organization skills.
• Experience in a client‑facing environment would be advantageous.
• Former experience within a legal/professional services environment would be desirable.
• Experience in case management systems is preferable but not essential.

Benefits of working with us as a Legal Support Assistant include:

• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Life Assurance
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• Healthcare cash‑plan
• One‑third gym membership contribution
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Happy People/Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Flu vaccinations

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces‑friendly organisation.