Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary

  • Ashville Knight
  • Romsey, Hampshire
  • Jul 23, 2026
Full time Legal

Job Description

I m working on behalf of my client who is a reputable law firm in Southampton. They are looking for an experienced Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary to join their busy department.

This role will be to assist the busy Fee Earner s in their day to day work by providing support and an efficient secretarial and administrative service.

Duties include:

  • Providing full secretarial support including using a digital dictation system to produce correspondence and other documentation related to property transactions with PA duties including diary management.
  • Maintenance of comprehensive and accurate client admin files.
  • Undertaking online Land Registry searches and responding to enquiries on behalf of lawyers.
  • Assistance in general team administration including meeting and greeting clients, taking calls and directing accordingly and arranging meeting room bookings.
  • Managing post completions procedures including SDLT returns and title registrations.

Desired skills and experience:

  • Legal Secretary/Assistant experience with at least 1 year of solid property expertise.
  • Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills.
  • High level of attention to detail.
  • Fast, accurate typing ability, ideally using digital audio systems.
  • Experience of using case management system.

What they offer:

  • Full time hours and officed based Monday Friday 9am 5pm.
  • Salary deepening on experience - £25,000 - £28,000.
  • Standard holiday and company pension.
  • Friendly and supportive working environment