Conveyancing Executive

Osborne Clarke; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Health benefits

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Osborne Clarke in Reading or Bristol is seeking an experienced Residential Conveyancer to join the Plots team within Real Estate. You will manage a caseload of plot sales for leading housebuilders, handling title checks and a full range of conveyancing matters.

The successful candidate will work in a supportive environment with high client expectations, with opportunities to develop within a renowned international practice and benefits including flexible policies and health initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Plots Sales or Residential Property Conveyancer.
• Ability to manage your own caseload with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Handle plot conveyancing for new build sites.
• Perform title investigations and liaise with clients and stakeholders.
• Work within the Real Estate team to support development projects.

Skills

Conveyancing

Caseload management

Client relationships

Communication skills

Education

Chartered Legal Executive

Solicitor / Licensed Conveyancer

Tools

Case management software

Job description

Role profile

"I am proud to work at Osborne Clarke. The firm’s inclusive culture and welcoming environment - especially within the Plots team - have made me feel supported from day one. There are clear opportunities to grow and progress, and I am excited to develop my career here."\

Beatrice Adu – Conveyancing Executive

The Role

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Residential Conveyancer / Conveyancing Executive / Chartered Legal Executive to join our Real Estate team in Bristol or Reading on a permanent basis.

This is a diverse and varied role, working across all areas of Plots conveyancing for some of the UK's leading housebuilders. This is an exciting and challenging position for an experienced conveyancer who enjoys working in a supportive environment, for ambitious clients with high expectations. You will work closely with our clients acting for them on the sale of their new build plots, some of which will be using purchasing schemes, and carrying out a full range of conveyancing requirements.

The Practice Group

Our Real Estate department provides legal services to clients on a range of matters, from large land acquisition deals right through to plot sales. We advise on residential development work, strategic land joint ventures and consortia arrangements. Our strong reputation in the residential sector is based on many years' experience advising residential developers and house-builders. Our understanding of the market brings a depth of expertise, which makes us one of the leading law firms in this field.

Our clients are some of the UK's leading house-builders including Barratt Homes, Bloor Homes, Vistry Partnership and Cotswold Homes.

The Team

You will be a part of the Plots team, which sits within Real Estate and works closely with other areas of the business. Alongside plot conveyancing, the team works on site set up matters, section agreements, compliance certificates and deeds of variation. The team is based both in Bristol and Reading and consists of 16 conveyancers with various levels of experience, and 9 administrative assistants.

Technical Skills And Experience

The successful candidate will have experience as a Plots Sales or Residential Property Conveyancer. Experience undertaking title investigation of purchased properties is desirable but not essential.

You Will Also Have

• Managed your own caseload with minimal supervision.
• Experience working under pressure and to tight deadlines, while maintaining great attention to detail.
• The ability to work with high volumes at times, without compromising on service.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Good IT skills with the ability to produce own work and use case management systems.
• High levels of commercial awareness; keeping up to date and applying changes and developments in this area of law.

Salary And Benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this. When you join us you’ll have the flexibility to select the benefits that are right for you including financial planning, health benefits (including your physical, mental and emotional health), lifestyle benefits that help you enjoy life in and out of work and family friendly policies.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

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