Opportunity
- Role
- Legal Assistant
- Location
- Southend-on-Sea
Posted 26th November 2025
Legal Assistant
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Legal Assistant to join our busy Solicitors Enquiries Department at our office in Southend-on-Sea.
The Person
You will be a people person aligned to the Gateway brand. You will be a great communicator with a track record of delivering the best client and customer experience possible. Promoting the brand and creating new opportunities will come as second nature to you.
The Job
- Producing sales information packs
- Dealing with pre-contract sales enquiries in respect of any relevant sales, re-mortgages or transfer of equity
- Post completion – dealing with and receipting Notice of Transfer/Charge
- Updating our company case management system with new lessee details/charge details
- Dealing with and creating Deed of Covenants, Certificate of Compliance and Share Certificates
- Ensuring the accounts are clear prior to the release of any sales information packs and on the completion of a sale
- Processing cheques and liaising with our accounts department
- Scanning and filing all documentation that passes through, e.g. Notices, Land Reg docs etc.
We are looking for individuals with:
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word and Excel)
- Strong administrative skills
- The ability to work to strict deadlines and hard a large and varied caseload
- Meticulous attention detail
What You Need
- Previous litigation experience is preferred
Job location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Hours: 37.5 hours per week shift pattern covering Monday to Saturday
Salary: Competitive with an annual review
Annual leave: 23 days plus bank holidays
Extras: Company pension plan, company membership programmes, employee referral incentive, seasonal company events, training and relevant qualification sponsorship