Conveyancing Legal Assistant

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Bath; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Conveyancing Legal Assistant to join a busy team in Bath. This full-time role involves supporting lawyers, managing files, and ensuring smooth workflows. The ideal candidate will have experience in legal work, particularly in conveyancing, and possess strong administrative skills while communicating effectively with clients and colleagues. A competitive salary and a supportive team environment are offered, making this an excellent opportunity for career advancement.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Supportive team environment

Employee benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience in legal work, ideally within conveyancing (desirable).
• Strong admin skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with a professional and friendly manner.
• Calm under pressure and comfortable working at pace.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality support to lawyers.
• Opening files, filing, typing correspondence and preparing documents.
• Handling incoming calls and managing mail and messages.
• Liaising with clients and third parties.

Skills

Experience in legal work

Strong admin skills

Confident communicator

Good IT skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Conveyancing Legal Assistant

Location: Bath

Salary: £26k

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a recruitment campaign for a Legal Assistant to join a busy conveyancing team in Bath. This Legal Assistant role is perfect for someone who enjoys supporting fee earners, keeping files progressing smoothly, and delivering a professional, friendly service to clients.

This is a full-time, permanent Legal Assistant position based in Bath, with travel to other offices if needed.

This is what you will be doing

• Providing high-quality support to lawyers to help free up time for more complex work
• Opening files, filing, typing correspondence and preparing straightforward legal documents.
• Ordering searches and Land Registry documents, and preparing files for billing.
• Handling incoming calls and managing mail, emails and messages, prioritising effectively.
• Liaising with clients and third parties to keep them updated at the right points in the transaction.

The experience you will bring to the team

You will bring the following experience to the Conveyancing team:

• Experience in legal work, ideally within conveyancing (desirable)
• Strong admin skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to juggle priorities
• Confident communicator with a professional and friendly manner
• Calm under pressure and comfortable working at pace
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft packages

This is what you will get in return

• Competitive salary (depending on experience)
• A supportive team environment with development opportunities
• Exposure to a varied conveyancing workload in a well-established team
• Employee benefits package and a positive, sociable culture

Are you up to the challenge?

If you're a Legal Assistant ready to take the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch to find out more. All enquiries will be handled in the strictest confidence by Yolk Recruitment. If you are looking to pursue the next step in your career with a highly regarded law firm, we encourage you to apply by contacting Oliver Coodye on 07458 142 713 or alternatively send your CV

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.

Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.