Burnetts is one of the most progressive law firms in the North of England and have not only achieved awards for being a Great Place to Work© each year from 2021, but also hold the accreditations for being one of the UK wide Best Workplaces for Women, for Wellbeing, and for Development.
We have an exciting new role of Legal Assistant that we are recruiting for, to support our Commercial Property team in Carlisle on a full-time basis.
Who are we looking for?
An experienced secretary with strong organisational and administrative skills to support the department with specific legal tasks to include (but not limited to):
- Typing transactional documents.
- Lawyer management/diary management and control
- Assisting with proactive billing – sending WIP lists and reminders.
- New file/client ID/opening files/risk assessment/ conflict checks/engagement letters.
- Land Registry – drafting of applications/forms, submitting applications and dealing with requisitions with supervision/support.
- Registration of charges at Companies House.
- Drafting and submitting SDLT returns.
- Post completion – sending documents to the other side, checking Land Registry titles once completed, sending documents to client’s and banks.
The successful candidate will have a proactive, ‘can-do’ attitude to enable them to work closely with a team of legal fee-earners, paralegals and legal assistants on all aspects of this work, and may have a fee earning target themselves. The ability to work as part of a team is therefore essential together with excellent communication, organisational and IT skills.
What do we offer?
This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate with the potential of longer-term career advancement in a forward-thinking law firm with a well-established client base. Along with this we will provide you with a competitive salary, pension, 30 days holiday and Private Medical Health Insurance; in addition, we will even give you your birthday off every year too!
Our values of Togetherness, Balanced, Accountable, Progressive and Integrity, help to engender a culture of providing excellent client service within a caring and supportive internal environment. Please see our website for further information about who we are and what we value at: https://www.burnetts.co.uk/. To read more about how great it is to work for us, please visit
https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/workplace/item/3520/Burnetts
If this role sounds like the next step in your career, then please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter to yourfuture@burnetts.co.uk
Closing date: Friday, 26th July 2024
