Conveyancing Legal Assistant

yolk recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Conveyancing Legal Assistant for a busy Residential Conveyancing team in Royal Wootton Bassett. The ideal candidate will have prior legal experience and strong administrative skills. Responsibilities include providing support to conveyancers, managing legal documents, and ensuring compliance with standards. This role offers a competitive salary, a supportive team, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in legal work, ideally within residential conveyancing.
• Attention to detail and ability to work collaboratively at pace.
• Experience in a busy conveyancing team would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality administrative support to conveyancers.
• Ordering searches and preparing files for billing.
• Managing calls, emails, and preparing straightforward legal documents.

Skills

Strong admin skills

Clear, confident communication

Sound decision-making

Solid IT skills

Job description

Overview

Conveyancing Legal Assistant
Royal Wootton Bassett
Salary up to 28k

Yolk Recruitment are supporting on this recruitment campaign to hire a Legal Assistant for a busy Residential Conveyancing team in Royal Wootton Bassett. This is a great step for a Conveyancing Legal Assistant who enjoys a fast-paced environment and first-class client service. Occasional travel to nearby offices may be required.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality administrative support to conveyancers, including typing, filing and opening new files.
• Ordering searches and Land Registry documents and preparing files for billing.
• Managing calls, emails and post, and preparing straightforward legal documents.
• Working in line with Lexcel and basic Solicitors Accounts Rules.

Experience / Qualifications

• Previous experience in legal work, ideally within residential conveyancing, with strong admin skills and attention to detail.
• Clear, confident communication and the ability to work collaboratively at pace.
• Sound decision-making, ownership of tasks and solid IT skills.
• Experience in a busy conveyancing team would be advantageous.

What you will get in return

• Competitive salary with a supportive team and real scope to progress.
• Benefits package and training opportunities.
• Friendly, professional working environment with occasional cross-office collaboration.

How to apply

If you\'re a Conveyancing 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 (phone number removed) or alternatively send your CV.

Equal Opportunities 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.