Conveyancer

Persimmon Homes; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major UK housebuilder is seeking a Conveyancer in Northampton to manage plot sales and ensure legal compliance. The ideal candidate will have excellent knowledge of residential conveyancing and strong social skills. This role offers competitive salary, hybrid working, and various employee benefits. Join us to build a career that truly matters.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Hybrid Working

Healthcare

Life Cover & Contributory Pension

Employee Benefits Platform

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of residential conveyancing, practice and procedure.
• Experience handling plot sales for a residential house builder preferred.
• Computer literate and capable of working under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage and run plot sales, part exchanges and purchases.
• Build relationships with purchaser's solicitors and legal department.
• Prepare individual plot documentation and part exchange reports.
• Monitor the legal process and manage property queries.

Skills

Residential conveyancing knowledge

Good social skills

Confident telephone manner

Job description

Job Title: Conveyancer

Location: Northampton, NN4

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Conveyancer and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, we don't just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Conveyancer, you'll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Hybrid Working
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Healthcare
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
  
  

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Conveyancer to join the Legal Team at Persimmon Homes. This role typically reports to the Company Solicitor heading the Plot Team in the relevant location.

This role will be responsible for ensuring that plot sales (including part-exchange acquisitions) are conducted efficiently and exchanges are within the reservation period.

What You'll Do As a Conveyancer

• Managing and running plot sales, part exchanges and purchases for such Group companies that are designated to you
• You will build relationships with the purchaser's solicitors, our Group Legal Department and regional operating companies
• Preparing individual plot documentation and part exchange reports
• Monitoring the legal process as well as managing the transfer or lease process
• Dealing with miscellaneous property queries and other plot related property matters
• Carrying out AML checks
  
  

What experience do I need?

• Excellent knowledge of residential conveyancing, practice and procedure
• Previous experience of handling plot sales for a residential house builder (either in house or in private practice) would be advantageous
• It is essential that you are computer literate, have good social skills and a confident telephone manner
• You will be expected to work without secretarial support, need to be calm, organised and capable of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
  
  

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