Departmental Secretary

Taylor Walton is a well-established and highly regarded regional law firm with offices located in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.  We provide legal advice and solutions to business owners, FTSE 350 companies, public and private sector organisations, charities and high-net worth individuals.

We organise our legal services by expertise; Commercial Property, Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Employment, Residential Conveyancing, Family and Private Client.  Clients may well be supported through their business and private life experiences by a number of our practice areas with many clients engaging our services for many years.

Our reputable success is attributed to the calibre of our people.  In the same way that we are committed to provide exceptional quality legal services to our clients, we are committed to fostering an engaging and supportive environment in which to work and develop a rewarding career.  We are very proud of our exceptionally high staff retention rate and an average length of service unrivalled within our region.

Our Residential Property department is our largest by headcount and has teams in each of our three office locations.  The Luton team is looking to recruit an experienced Legal Secretary to primarily support a busy Partner.  We attract a high volume of good quality work and are proud to have a dominant market position in property with a renowned reputation for delivering high quality work for our clients.   

Our role

The role is ideal for an experienced Residential Property Legal Secretary who:

• is seeking a part-time role min. 3 full days per week - Wednesdays-Fridays
• has solid previous experience of supporting Partner/fee earners in running freehold sale and purchase, and leasehold transactions 
• enjoys working in a fast paced environment 
• is able to work independently on certain routine/administrative aspects of the property transaction  
• demonstrates high standards of client service delivery
• demonstrates strong IT skills - is able to populate precedent documentation from client information, save and access IT document history, has experience of relevant property portals including the Land Registry
• is confident and professional in handing routine client and estate agency enquiries as required by the fee earner 

The role requires:

• an experienced legal secretary - experience in residential property
• experience of audio transcription
• good computer literacy
• fast and accurate touch typing - min 50wpm 
• close attention to detail
• a natural sense of urgency and able to work under pressure
• a professional and courteous telephone manner

What we can offer you:

• a competitive salary
• 33 days holiday including Bank Holidays (FTE)
• Birthday Leave
• Group Life Assurance cover immediately on joining
• Firm pension contribution and opportunity to make contributions via salary exchange
• Cycle to Work scheme
• full induction and training programme with modern IT systems
• on-going access to in-house IT training
• an inclusive, supportive, friendly and professional working environment
• social events and internal interest/sports clubs
• employee-led active CSR programme