Administrator

It is the people at Shakespeare Martineau that make us so special. By understanding what our people want, giving them the support they need, recognising everyone’s contribution and realising the unique power of teams; together we win.   As a firm we are focused on proactively building and developing diverse teams, bringing different backgrounds, personalities and perspectives together. We play to our strengths, pushing ourselves to be consistently better than yesterday and deliver amazing solutions for our clients. We empower our teams with a high degree of individual responsibility; we self-manage and encourage everyone to be responsible for their own learning, knowing it makes us even better at what we do!    

We believe in trusting our people to make the right decisions for themselves from how you dress to how, when and where you work – we focus on outputs.  

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We are looking for an Administrator to join our vibrant and busy Social Housing (Sales) team based in our Stratford-Upon-Avon office.

You will provide administrative support to the team, providing a high quality service to clients, dealing with a variety of sale instructions and liaising with fee earners and other members of the firm daily.

Your key duties will be:

• opening and closing electronic and paper files
• using a case management system to process and progress cases
• carrying out post completion administration including billing
• photocopying, scanning, faxing, printing, filing and collating documentation in relation to contracts, leases and transfers
• archiving, storage and retrieval of documentation (electronic and paper versions)
• providing general administration and organisation of paperwork to support conveyancing transactions

Key skills and experience you will have:

• a minimum of 6 months’ previous office administrative experience
• confidence with IT systems to include Microsoft Word and Excel
• the ability to work well in a team and develop good working relationships with colleagues and others
• good communication skills 
• the ability to produce a high standard of work, sometimes under pressure, whilst maintaining accuracy and good attention to detail

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 hubs in Birmingham, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lincoln and Sheffield. This role will be based in our Stratford office.

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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 here.

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.