Job Description

Lawson West is an ambitious and well-established law firm committed to providing a very high-quality service across a wide range of practice areas.

We are seeking a proactive and well-organised Legal Assistant to support our highly successful, experienced and friendly Commercial Property department delivering excellent service to our clients. The successful candidate will be responsible for a wide range of administrative and client-facing tasks, including:

Providing typing, filing, scanning, and general document support to fee earners

Handling incoming and outgoing calls, emails, and enquiries from clients and third parties

Assisting with HM Land Registry applications and requisitions

Managing file opening, ID checks, data entry, and file closure procedures

Supporting billing, payments, and general office administration

Contributing to marketing activities and assisting with seminar organisation

This role requires strong communication and organisational skills and excellent attention to detail with an emphasis on being a team player. Full details of the job description are available to view via the following link: https://hr.breathehr.com/v/legal-assistant-commercial-property-42376

OUR CORE VALUES

Our Core Values are more than just words on a page. We live and breathe them in our interactions with our clients and with our colleagues: they are at the heart of our culture here at Lawson West and it is important to us that our new recruits also hold these values to be important to them:

Welcoming

Confident

Supportive

Knowledgeable

Dependable

REWARDS

In addition to getting to be part of a friendly, supportive and ambitious firm that rewards hard work, loyalty and recognises the need for work life balance and flexibility, we also offer the following benefits:

Salary at or above market rate reviewed annually

Quarterly bonus scheme available to all staff

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, loyalty holidays and discretionary Christmas closure days

Buy and Sell Salary Sacrifice Holiday Scheme

Electric Car Leasing Salary Sacrifice Scheme (subject to eligibility)

Cycle to Work Scheme (subject to eligibility)

Day off for your Birthday

Long Service Awards - additional Annual Leave and 10 Year Club Membership

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoptive Leave

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Flexible Working / Hybrid Working

Employee Assistance Programme with access to virtual doctors' appointments

Company Sick Pay

Complimentary Will

CSR - annual paid day's leave to volunteer for a charity

Employee discounts on our legal services

Employee Introduction Bonus scheme

Funding of professional subscriptions and training

Financial Education

Enhanced Eye Care

HOW TO APPLY

Please click on the link to be taken through our application process:

https://hr.breathehr.com/v/legal-assistant-commercial-property-42376

Recruitment Agencies: Please note Lawson West has a preferred supplier list in place for recruitment of fee earners only. Support staff are recruited in house. Should Lawson West Solicitors receive a speculative CV from recruitment agencies to any of its email accounts, where terms of business have not been signed, we will not consider this to form any type of contract Lawson West Solicitors between and the agency. We reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Casual dress Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Free flu jabs Free parking Health & wellbeing programme Life insurance On-site parking Paid volunteer time Referral programme Sick pay Work from home
Work Location: In person