Conveyancing Assistant New Build Property

Manpower; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm seeks a full-time Conveyancing Assistant based in Garforth. The role involves managing sales and purchase transactions, requiring attention to detail and excellent customer service skills. A competitive salary ranging from £26,000 to £29,000 plus a share scheme is offered, alongside opportunities for career progression in a friendly team environment.

Benefits

Excellent training opportunities

Career development and progression

Friendly, professional team culture

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months' experience in a fast-paced conveyancing role.
• Solid experience with both sales and purchase transactions in conveyancing.
• Fully up to speed on case progression.

Responsibilities

• Open new files and manage the Case Management System (CMS).
• Issue contracts for sale and assist with responses to enquiries.
• Prepare completion documentation and handle incoming inquiries.

Skills

Excellent typing/keyboard skills

Confident numeracy and literacy

High level of accuracy and attention to detail

Strong customer-service focus

Ability to work calmly under pressure

Adaptable and flexible mindset

Collaborative team player

Job description

Conveyancing Assistant

Location: Garforth office - full-time, Monday-Friday

Hours: 9-5.30pm 40 hours

Type: Permanent

Salary: 26-29k Salary DOE. + Share scheme approx 4/5k

About Us

Manpower are proud to represent our client in Garforth. They are a Solicitors office with multiple offices currently recruiting for the conveyancing team, specialising in new-build properties. We pride ourselves on delivering a professional, helpful and friendly service to all clients.

Role Overview

As Conveyancing Assistant, you will work primarily on sales and purchase transactions while engaging with clients throughout the process. We require someone who takes pride in their work, is methodical, accurate, and capable of working efficiently under pressure.

Key Responsibilities

• Open new files, enter instructions on the Case Management System (CMS), and generate all relevant correspondence and documents

• Keep the CMS up to date following team protocols

• Issue contracts for sale files and assist with replies to enquiries

• Order searches and review results

• Handle exchanges and associated paperwork

• Prepare completion documentation and liaise with all relevant parties

• Provide mortgage reports to clients

• Manage incoming post and telephone enquiries where necessary

• Perform filing, billing, photocopying, faxing, post sorting, and archiving

• Support general administrative tasks for the office and wider firm

Essential Skills & Attributes

• Excellent typing/keyboard skills

• Confident numeracy and literacy

• High level of accuracy and attention to detail

• Strong customer-service focus with professionalism over the phone and in writing

• Ability to work calmly under pressure and juggle competing priorities

• Adaptable, flexible, and proactive mindset

• Capable of working independently and collaboratively as part of a team

Experience Required

• Minimum 12 months' experience in a fast-paced conveyancing role

• Solid experience with both sales and purchase transactions in conveyancing

• Fully up to speed on case progression and able to hit the ground running

What We Offer

• A supportive and nurturing environment with excellent training opportunities

• Career development and progression within the firm

• Friendly, professional team culture

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In Short

• Industry Recruitment
• Founded 1948
• Location UK
• Company size 5000+

ABOUT US

Manpower has been a global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions for over 70 years. Since 1948, our purpose has remained consistent - we connect people with meaningful and sustainable work.

Whilst our purpose remains constant, the world of recruitment is evolving fast. Technology innovations are reducing traditional value.

We see people and unemployment at scale and witness first-hand the trends which are changing the world of work around us.

We help organisations nationwide develop and maintain their workforce to respond to changing business demands, market fluctuations and keep pace as the future of work evolves.

Fast Fulfilment: our teams are experts in their markets, and through our strong global brands they have access to a vast talent pool of compliant and ready to work candidates.

Agile approach: we have the insights, expertise and experience to create a workforce to provide clients and candidates with the right match to help them go further.

Precision performance: we invest in our people. Through robust training and our development programme, MyPath, we develop our people with the skills critical to their job today and for the jobs of tomorrow.