Legal Assistant - Residential Leasehold

This role can be based in either our Banbury or Bicester office
At Brethertons, we operate as a streamlined organisation where there are a variety of legal and operational roles available within our collaborative and cohesive culture. When you join Brethertons, you will be competitively rewarded, with a strong base salary and an innovative bonus scheme. We aim to foster an environment of choice with clear career development paths, a focus on learning and development and a highly supportive structure.
About the Role
This role which provides a high level of administrative support and assistance to the Residential Leasehold team. The overall objective of the role is to ensure that delegated administrative duties are completed and returned to the appropriate team in a timely, efficient and accurate manner. Core tasks relating to the role include transaction administration, finance reporting, data capture, completion of trial bundles, file opening and closing including compliance tasks, administration on the Land Registry portal.
About you
The role will suit Administrators or Legal Assistants, it would be advantageous if you had Residential Leasehold experience, but this is not essential. You should be able to demonstrate very strong administration skills and work well under general direction. You will be responsible for managing your own workflow, subject to routine monitoring by your line manager. You must work well as part of a wider team, within a time pressured environment, whilst occasionally work independently as required. You must be able to deal with both customers and general members of the public by telephone or email in a clear and concise manner, whilst remaining professional and representing the Brethertons brand.

What’s in return

At Brethertons, we value our people because without them we are nothing and we work hard to recognise and reward our teams. Please see below some of our benefits -

• 26 days holiday - plus bank holidays and an additional wellbeing day (time for you to relax and rewind)!
• We have an agile working approach to ensure that we meet customer and business needs whilst ensuring a work life balance of home/office working
• Bonus Incentive Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Work Laptop and Phone
• Annual Staff Conference including Awards
• Activities such as a Brethertons Netball team
• Moments that matter days

Please see a full list of our benefits – here!

We have a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committee that organise activities such as supporting our Charity of Choice, Christmas Bake Offs and Mental Health Awareness week activities. We also hold quarterly pulse surveys to gain valuable feedback from staff to help us shape our focus and decisions moving forwards to ensure that we are supporting and listening to the heart of our business, our ‘Brethertonians’.

What’s next?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? We would love you to join us on our journey. Please submit your CV and Cover Letter directly through our website. If you would like more information on the role or application process, please contact Lucy Brown on lucybrown@brethertons.co.uk who will be happy to have a confidential chat to discuss the role further. Please note that the closing date for this role is 16th March 2023.