Conveyancing Assistant

GWR Legal Recruitment Ltd; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Generous Pension scheme

Job summary

Wallingford Solicitors Firm in Oxfordshire is seeking an experienced Conveyancing Assistant to support the conveyancing team. The role focuses on the back end of the process, from exchange to post-completion, with responsibilities across file handling and client updates.

The successful candidate will have 3+ years in a conveyancing support role, strong communication, and excellent organisational skills to fit into the team environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in a support role within a conveyancing team.
• Good knowledge of the conveyancing process and client communication.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills to support the team.

Responsibilities

• Take a key role in handling files from exchange to completion.
• Keep clients and other interested parties updated on status of the transaction.
• Draft completion statements and order searches.
• Request redemption figures and handle general admin tasks.
• Carry out land registry registrations and deal with SDLT submissions.

Job description

Conveyancing Assistant - Abingdon - Oxfordshire

An opportunity has come up for an experienced assistant/paralegal to join the conveyancing team at a Solicitors Practice in the Wallingford area of Oxfordshire.

This conveyancing assistant role will entail providing support to fee earners in the team, with a particular focus with the back end of the conveyancing process, from exchange to post completion.

Duties may include things such as:

• Taking a key role in handling files from exchange to completion
• Keeping clients and other interested parties updated on status of the transaction
• Drafting completion statements
• Ordering searches
• Requesting redemption figures
• General admin such as filing, photocopying, cheque requests and dealing with incoming and outgoing post.
• Carrying out registrations at the land registry
• Dealing with SDLT subissions
• General admin tasks required within the team to contribute to the efficiency of the department.

The successful candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate upwards of 3 years experience of working in a support capacity, such as a legal secretary or a legal assistant, within a conveyancing team.

In addition to a good knowledge of the conveyancing process, you will be a confident and personable communicator with a friendly personality in order to fit into the existing team and to provide a consistently high level of service to the firms clients.

The firm will offer an attractive benefits package including a good salary (based on experience and regularly reviewed to ensure it keeps pace with your development and responsibilities), 26 days annual leave a year and a generous Pension scheme amongst other perks.