Junior Legal Manager

Role Overview

The Junior Legal Manager must be fully competent in all Legal Assistant duties and capable of managing more complex legal and company secretarial matters with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities

Conveyancing & Legal Support

• Deal with conveyancing and legal matters, including providing cover during team absences:
  • Have your own conveyancing matters
  • Issue LPE1s independently
  • Deal with Landlord Deed of Certificate
  • Preparing EWS1 supplementary letters
  • Help Legal Managers with RTM processes
  • Recording probate-related matters
  • Producing Certificates of Compliance and RX documents
  • Downloading Land Registry documents
  • Managing post-completion documentation and registrations on Blockman
  • Manage matters relating to pets, subletting, wayleave/access agreements and Party Wall Notices.
  • Conduct detailed lease reviews and review legal documents (e.g. DOVs, TP1s)
  • Draft documents and policies for senior review.
  • Handle initial stages of leaseholder/client disputes and lease breaches prior to escalation, and understand when to escalate.
  • Liaise with solicitors, surveyors and other professionals.
  • Provide cover for the team during annual leave and ensure thorough handovers.

• Assist with company secretarial duties, including:
  • Updating registers of members
  • Director appointments and resignations
  • Share transfers
  • Filing confirmation statements
  • Manage complex CoSec matters.
  • Monitor and meet statutory deadlines.

Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours

• Working in a way that reflects Prime’s purpose, values, and vision
• Ability to follow company expectations and work collaboratively as part of the wider Prime team
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
• Confident communicator, both written and verbal
• Able to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload effectively

Legal & Technical Awareness

• Willingness to actively learn and develop knowledge of relevant legislation and how it applies to the Legal team’s work
• Ability to interpret a basic lease and identify when clarification or escalation is required
• Awareness of Prime’s management responsibilities under management agreements, including an understanding of what sits outside contractual scope and may attract additional fees

Qualifications & Development

• A desire to work towards, or currently studying for, TPI Level 2 in Leasehold Management