Legal Administrator - 2 year Fixed term Contract

Sovereign is a customer focused and ambitious organisation, committed to creating homes and communities where people want to live. We currently own and manage 36,000 properties and provide homes and services for over 80,000 residents.

Having trebled in size over the past four years, with investment to build more than 3,600 new affordable homes over the next three years, we are leaders in our sector and are experiencing incredible changes as an organisation.

In order to meet our growing needs we have a fantastic new opportunity to join our organisation as a Legal Document Administrator on a 2 year fixed term assignment. Based in Newbury you will join a project team established to focus on collating and reviewing all legal documentation for SHA's assets as well as ensuring we are able to meet demanding targets such as raising further finance against the Bond markets.

The Legal Document Administrator will:

- perform a key role in developing the legal property records management system through appropriate management of the administration and focusing on continuous improvement of processes and relationships.
- support the Legal Document Officer with the collation of all documentation to ensure a full composite of documents for all schemes and assets.
- build and maintain relationships with internal departments to ensure effective document sharing is in place and liaise with third parties such as Land Registry, Local Authorities and external solicitors to obtain legal property documentation.

The successful candidate will:

- have practical experience gained within a similar role ideally within a legal/conveyancing firm, perhaps working as a legal conveyancing secretary or paralegal.
- have experience of carrying out searches, title reviews and have an appreciation of what documentation makes up a conveyancing pack.
- demonstrate excellent accuracy and attention to detail as well as strong communication and influencing skills.