Temporary Legal Assistant

Our client is a leading residential estate management company, who manage in excess of 150 exclusive and beautifully landscaped developments sited predominantly across the Southern half of England. They are looking for an experienced Legal Assistant to join their Customer Service Team on a temporary - permanent basis.

Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support throughout the property sales process in close liaison with the Estate Manager, Area Manager, Partner Estate Agents, Leaseholders, Executors, and property purchasers.
• Ensure the resales database is kept up-to-date and tasks are processed swiftly to assist the sale process.
• Archive records routinely and issue welcome letters.
• Manage lease extensions by answering general enquiries, initiating the process, and providing administrative support on request, in close liaison with the Chief Executive, company solicitors and valuers, the leaseholder, and the Finance Department.
• Working within the budget preparation timetable, obtain draft budgets from the relevant ESA, check these for accuracy and completeness, and issue these to estates in a timely manner.
• Prepare leaseholder applications for alterations to be sent to the Asset and Compliance Team.
• Assist with investigation work arising in connection with leaseholder queries, providing reports as and when required.
• General typing, filing, photocopying, and all other reasonable office duties as required.

The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player with experience in leasehold housing or conveyancing and a strong attention to detail.

Whilst we would love to be able to respond to every application we receive, it is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 7 working days, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.