The successful candidate will have the ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines; attention to detail; strong organizational skills; and impressive communication skills.
Duties and responsibilities include:
- Managing deadlines for real estate transactions.
- Communications with buyers/borrowers, sellers, lenders and brokers involved in commercial and residential real estate transactions.
- Preparing closing documents for commercial and residential real estate purchase/sale transactions
- Preparing loan documents for commercial real estate loan transactions.
- Preparing leases for various commercial real estate matters – including ground leases, build to suit leases, office leases and retail shopping center leases.
- Coordinating closings for real estate transactions.
- Reviewing title commitments and issuing title insurance policies for commercial and residential real estate transactions.
- Performing a variety of administrative functions such as preparing engagement letters, entering attorney time and preparing invoices.
- Filing and retrieving documents from the public records.
Qualifications:
- Five years’ legal secretary or paralegal experience in real estate practice areas – including experience reviewing and issuing title policies in Florida.
- Experience in closing commercial real estate transactions is preferable, but not required.
- Candidates must be extremely detail-oriented and possess excellent organizational and prioritization skills, strong communication, writing and proofreading skills, a good work ethic, and strong interpersonal skills.
- Self-starter and willingness to work flexible hours.
- Ability to ask pertinent questions, follow directions, and respond to feedback.
- The ideal candidate has the ability to be resourceful in addressing issues and requests with limited direction, and can proactively and proficiently carry out recurring work and special projects independently.
- High level Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel skills.
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- paralegal: 3 years (Preferred)
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
License:
- Paralegal Certificate (Preferred)
Work Location:
- One location
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
