Legal Administrator

4 days ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Ryman Healthcare Full time

Great opportunity to kickstart your legal career to provide secretarial and administration support to our Legal Conveyancing team
- Work in a fun, hard-working and supportive team environment
- Opportunity to join one of NZ's most successful and fastest growing companies
- Enjoy great variety - no day is the same

**Ryman Healthcare**

At Ryman, we believe the measure of a full life is one that gets richer with age.

Ryman has grown to become the largest retirement village operator in New Zealand. We own and operate 48 villages in New Zealand and Australia. We employ more than 7,600 team members, and we are the first healthcare company to receive the Wellbeing Tick.

Our trailblazing spirit can be felt in every Ryman experience, so if you like the sound of this, then read on

**What will you do?**

We are on the lookout for an Administrator to join our Legal team. Our Legal team carries out the conveyancing for the purchase and surrender of occupation rights. Key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

- Work closely with our Legal Executives to assist with all aspects of conveyancing transactions related to the sale and purchase of Occupation Rights across our portfolio of retirement villages.
- Administer shared Outlook mailboxes for the Legal Conveyancing team.
- Collaborate with our Legal Executives to address queries from Sales Team, Village Managers, and other stakeholders promptly.
- Process new contracts for prospective residents, ensuring accuracy and completeness in our content management systems.
- Preparing legal documentation.
- Conduct Landonline searches and set up e-dealings.
- Undertake other duties as required to support the Legal Conveyancing team.

**What's in it for you?**

If you are the sort of person who loves working with a team of people who work to a clear purpose and have safety at the forefront of everything that they do, you'll love this role In addition, a career at Ryman offers:

- Ongoing support for professional development and career progression opportunities
- Additional wellbeing leave and flexible working arrangements
- Access to over 60 discounts with well-known brands across a variety of sectors including; health and wellbeing, banking, insurance, and retail
- Social club events, furry Friday's (bring your dog to work), free yoga classes
- Free gym membership for onsite gym
- Convenient Ryman owned onsite café (Pioneers Café) with subsidised coffee and delicious food options

**Who are you?**
- You will ideally have administration or secretarial experience in the legal, real estate or other related industry
- You will be familiar with a large CMS such as Sales Force, VCare, and/or Landonline however full training will provided
- You are a team player with the ability to also work independently
- You have an eye for detail and accuracy, exceptional organisation skills
- You have experience in Word, Excel and quick to learn new computer systems
- You value people and kindness, and are passionate about delivering excellent results
- You strive for excellence and constantly look for ways to exceed expectations; delivering a high-quality service at speed will be second nature
- You believe in the value of strong, positive, trusting teams who work together as one
- As a resilient person you keep going, even when there are bumps in the road and you show composure under pressure
- You value communication that is simple, clear and straight to the point

**_ Applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews may take place prior to the close date. This means a job ad may close before the advertised close date._


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