Job Description

Step into a role where your organisational skills truly make an impact - and become a valued part of one of the West Midlands' most respected Real Estate Finance teams.
The team:
Our multi-disciplinary Real Estate Finance team has extensive experience in advising banks, building societies and other funders including property investors and developers. We are one of the largest teams in the West Midlands, with around 30 people experienced in Islamic finance issues alone.
We advise clients on a variety of matters including development finance, facility letters, guarantees, investment finance, loan book management, LPA receivership, priority/subordination deeds, security documents, and short-term lending.
This is a 3 month FTC position, where you will be required to be in our Birmingham office Monday-Friday.
The role:
You will work as part of a team to provide audit administrative support to help our legal teams and Audit Manager deliver great service to our clients.
What you will be doing:

• Archiving, storage and retrieval of documentation (electronic and paper versions)
• Scheduling deeds
• Auditing Land Registry applications
• Maintaining post-completion spreadsheets
• Assisting Audit Manager with key day to day roles
• Liaising with key clients regarding various reports
• Dealing with case management systems to audit files
• Using case management system to close files
• Photocopying, scanning, faxing, printing, filing and collating documentation

What you will need:

• Previous office administrative experience, ideally within a real estate / legal environment
• Confidence with IT systems to include Microsoft Word and Excel
• A good basic keyboard ability

Key competencies you will need:

• The ability to work well in a team and develop good working relationships with colleagues and others
• Good communication skills with the confidence to liaise openly and clearly with colleagues and clients
• The ability to produce a high standard of work, sometimes under pressure, whilst maintaining accuracy and good attention to detail
• To be able to demonstrate flexibility, initiative and confidence in your own ability

About you - you will be:

• Highly enthusiastic, willing to go the extra mile and be happy to go beyond the job description
• Respectful towards others and have a positive, willing and 'can do' attitude
• Passionate about a career in law

Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information
We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we're keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.
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Additional information:
Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.
Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found .
Equal opportunities
Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

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