Conveyancing Assistant

Taylor Wimpey plc; Stretford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Taylor Wimpey is seeking a Conveyancing Assistant to provide essential administrative support to their legal team. This role involves managing documentation for plot sales, assisting in achieving departmental performance targets, and ensuring operational efficiency within a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will exhibit strong IT proficiency, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills, contributing to a commitment to quality and customer service.

Qualifications

• Strong IT skills with proficiency in Word, Excel, and online platforms.
• Methodical, accurate, and attentive to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure in demanding situations.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Estate Conveyancer with plot documentation and legal paperwork.
• Manage and update internal systems related to plot progression.
• Handle general office duties like filing and communication.

Skills

Attention to detail

IT skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Flexibility

Tools

Word

Excel

Land Registry Portal

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Job description

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Job Summary

As the Conveyancing Assistant, you will provide administrative support to the Estate Conveyancer(s), Assistant Divisional Legal Manager, and Divisional Legal Manager. Your role is to ensure an efficient, service-led, and cost-effective plot Conveyancing function that supports the business, especially in relation to plot sales (and associated part exchanges), including accurate contract documentation.

You will need to maintain high standards of presentation and accuracy in all documents and correspondence issued by the department. Additionally, you will assist the Estate Conveyancers in achieving departmental performance targets for dispatching contracts, exchanges, and completions.

You will collaborate with Business Units to gather information necessary for progressing plot transactions. You will attend to routine matters and queries arising before, during, or after the sale of individual plots or developments.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Support the Estate Conveyancer, Assistant Divisional Legal Manager, and Divisional Legal Manager in delivering an efficient and service-led plot Conveyancing function supporting the business, particularly in plot sales and part exchanges.
2. Assist in keeping internal systems updated with issued papers, exchanges, and milestones to ensure Business Units have the most current plot progression information.
3. Issue relevant legal paperwork related to reserved plots, such as preparing contracts and transfer/lease documents, and send paperwork to buyers' solicitors.
4. Perform general office duties including filing, photocopying, managing incoming and outgoing post, scanning, and handling telephone calls.
5. Assist in obtaining property searches (e.g., Local Authority, Drainage and Water) for part exchange properties, as well as pre-completion Land Registry searches.
6. Submit monthly service charge payment requests to finance and notify Management Companies of completed plots.
7. Ensure completed files are regularly archived.

What You Will Have

• Strong IT skills, including proficiency in Word, Excel, and online platforms such as Land Registry Portal, Stamp Duty Land Tax, and search providers.
• A methodical and accurate approach with keen attention to detail.
• A pleasant, outgoing personality and confident telephone manner.
• Enthusiasm, flexibility, willingness to learn, and a proactive 'can-do' attitude, with potential to take on more responsibility as the role develops.
• The ability to work effectively in a demanding, pressurized environment.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to maintain high standards.

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• Extensive IT skills including Word, Excel, and online property search platforms.
• Methodical, accurate, and detail-oriented approach.
• Outgoing personality with confident communication skills.
• Enthusiastic, adaptable, eager to learn, with a proactive attitude.
• Ability to work under pressure in a demanding environment.
• Strong organizational skills and commitment to quality standards.

What We Offer At Taylor Wimpey

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals with disabilities and long-term health conditions, ensuring barriers to employment are eliminated. We guarantee an interview to applicants who declare a disability during the application process and meet the role's minimum requirements. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.