Conveyancer

Clear Legal & Financial Recruitment; Ivy Chimneys; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Legal & Financial Recruitment are assisting a well-established firm in Epping, Essex, in recruiting a Residential Conveyancer to manage a range of residential property transactions, including sales, purchases and remortgages.

You will work with a supportive team including a Paralegal and Legal Secretary, with emphasis on high-quality service over volume, and you will engage in networking and business development with local estate agents.

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor/Licensed Conveyancer/Legal Executive
• Law degree or CILEx CPQ qualification
• IT literate and comfortable with new systems
• Strong client care standards and professional demeanour

Responsibilities

• Interview clients, take instructions, and keep detailed file notes.
• Maintain file checklists and AML compliance review.
• Draft or review contracts, title, mortgage and search reports.
• Submit searches and raise enquiries.
• Conduct exchanges of contracts and complete matters on schedule.
• Advise clients on progress and costs; maintain up‑to‑date legal knowledge.

Skills

Client care

Networking

AML compliance

Drafting contracts

IT literacy

Education

Law degree

CILEx CPQ

Job description

My client is seeking a Residential Conveyancer to join their well establish and well known office in Epping, Essex.

You will be dealing with a range of residential property transactions (including sales, purchases, transfers and remortgages) and will be well supported by the Paralegal and Legal Secretary. The firm focus on high-quality service over quantity of transactions and do not have a ‘high volume’ business model.

The team has established connections with local estate agents, and they are therefore looking for someone who is engaged and confident with networking and other marketing/business development activities.

The role

• Interviewing clients, taking instructions and keeping detailed file notes.
• Maintaining file check lists.
• Reviewing compliance documentation and analysing source of funds evidence for AML.
• Assessing quality of work undertaken.
• Issuing client care letters.
• Drafting or considering contract packages.
• Raising enquiries.
• Submitting appropriate searches.
• Drafting title, mortgage and search reports.
• Acting for mortgage lenders.
• Conducting exchanges of contracts.
• Agreeing form of transfer deeds and raising requisitions.
• Completing matters on schedule.
• Advising clients as to the progress of matters and costs .
• Maintaining an adequate and up-to‑date knowledge of the law and practice.
• Checking all draft documents.

The ideal candidate

• Be a qualified Solicitor, Legal Executive or Licensed Conveyancer
• Have previous experience and ideally experience in the local property market
• Have a Law degree; or hold a CILEx Professional Qualification (CPQ)
• Be IT literate and confident in using and adapting to new systems and processes
• Exercise high standards of client care in a professional and pleasant manner at all times.