Experienced Conveyancer or Paralegal

Tozers LLP; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays

Supportive team environment

Job summary

A legal services firm in Exeter seeks an Experienced Conveyancer or Paralegal to handle shared ownership property transactions. This full-time role involves managing your own caseload, undertaking due diligence, and providing clients with essential legal information. Ideal candidates have experience with shared ownership purchases and possess strong organisational skills. The firm offers support for professional growth and hybrid working opportunities in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience acting in shared ownership sales or general conveyancing purchases.
• Ability to manage your own caseload with minimal supervision.
• Collaborative and independent work capabilities.
• Efficient and diligent mindset.
• Efficient and diligent mindset

Responsibilities

• Act for purchasers of shared ownership properties from instruction to completion.
• Undertake due diligence, deal with lenders, and review shared ownership leases.
• Clear reporting to clients regarding essential legal information.
• Manage documentation and timelines to progress matters smoothly to completion

Skills

Experience acting for shared ownership purchasers

Ability to manage own caseload independently

Strong organisational skills

Team player mentality

Diligence

Job description

Experienced Conveyancer or Paralegal – Tozers LLP

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Location: Exeter, Devon (hybrid working opportunities)

About Us

With offices in Exeter, Teignmouth, and Newton Abbot, Tozers Solicitors LLP is looking for an Experienced Conveyancer or Paralegal to join their team, working from their Exeter office on a full-time, permanent basis, working 36.25 hours per week. With 30 partners and 190 staff across our offices, we offer unrivalled legal services to businesses and individuals, both locally and nationally.

The Benefits

• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Supportive team environment

This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-driven individual with experience in acting for shared ownership purchasers to join our respected and supportive organisation. You’ll have the chance to sharpen your expertise in a specialist area of conveyancing, gaining exposure to a steady stream of interesting cases while developing your confidence, judgement, and professional reputation within a highly regarded legal team. What’s more, we’ll provide support to get you started, along with hybrid working, a genuinely friendly team culture, and a firm-wide commitment to wellbeing. You’ll have the space, backing, and encouragement to thrive as you build the next stage of your legal career with us.

The Role

As an Experienced Conveyancer or Paralegal, you will act for purchasers of shared ownership properties, managing transactions from instruction through to completion. Specifically, you will undertake all required due diligence, dealing with lenders throughout the transaction, and checking and reviewing shared ownership leases to ensure all key points are understood. You will clearly report your findings to clients, ensuring they have everything they need, including setting out the essential legal information so they have a full and confident understanding of their purchase, and placing their needs above all else. Managing administration, you will ensure all documentation is compliant, timelines are met, and matters progress smoothly and efficiently to completion. While supported by an experienced team, you will be expected to run your own caseload with minimal supervision.

About You

To be considered as an Experienced Conveyancer or Paralegal, you will need:

• Experience acting for shared ownership purchasers (experience acting in shared ownership sales or general conveyancing purchases will also be considered)
• The ability to manage your own caseload with minimal supervision
• The ability to work collaboratively and independently
• A team player mentality with strong organisational skills
• An efficient and diligent mindset

Other organisations may call this role Conveyancing Paralegal, Residential Conveyancer, Property Conveyancer, Residential Property Paralegal, Conveyancing Legal Executive, or Conveyancing Assistant.

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Position Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Legal
• Industries: Legal Services

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