Head of Residential Property

Oculus Legal Group; Stourbridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance worth 3x salary

Hybrid and flexible working

Financial wellbeing support

Employee savings and salary sacrifice

Job summary

Oculus Legal Group in Stourbridge seeks an experienced Residential Property professional to lead its established team. The role is hands-on, balancing management with continuing to handle a personal conveyancing caseload.

You will oversee workflow, coach staff, and develop relationships with clients and introducers, while ensuring high standards of case management and compliance across the Land Registry process.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience managing your own residential conveyancing caseload.
• Strong technical knowledge across freehold and leasehold matters.
• Experience supervising or mentoring others or a clear desire to step into management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Stourbridge Residential Property team.
• Continue to manage an appropriate residential conveyancing caseload.
• Handle freehold and leasehold matters, remortgages, transfers of equity and shared ownership work.
• Provide technical guidance and support to the team.
• Supervise, coach and develop Conveyancers, Paralegals and Trainees.
• Oversee workflow, file allocation and team performance.
• Act as a senior technical point of contact for the team.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, estate agents and other introducers.
• Support the continued development of the wider Residential Property department.
• Help maintain strong standards around case management, compliance and Land Registry processes.

Skills

Residential conveyancing

Team leadership

Client relationship management

Mentoring/coaching

Compliance and case management

Education

Legal professional qualification (Solicitor/FE/Licensed Conveyancer)

Job description

A well-established Top 100 law firm is looking for an experienced Residential Property professional to lead its established team in Stourbridge.

This is a hands-on leadership role, with a genuine split between managing the team and continuing to handle your own residential conveyancing work. The team is one of the largest within the business, so this is an important appointment with responsibility for supporting the team, managing performance and developing client and introducer relationships.

The firm is open to experienced managers, but would also consider someone ready to take their first step into management, provided they have the right level of technical experience and are open to support and mentoring.

• Lead and manage the Stourbridge Residential Property team
• Continue to manage an appropriate residential conveyancing caseload
• Handle freehold and leasehold matters, remortgages, transfers of equity and shared ownership work
• Provide technical guidance and support to the team
• Supervise, coach and develop Conveyancers, Paralegals and Trainees
• Oversee workflow, file allocation and team performance
• Act as a senior technical point of contact for the team
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, estate agents and other introducers
• Support the continued development of the wider Residential Property department
• Help maintain strong standards around case management, compliance and Land Registry processes
• At least 3 years' experience managing your own residential conveyancing caseload
• Strong technical knowledge across freehold and leasehold matters
• Experience supervising or mentoring others, or a clear desire to step into management
• Strong client care and relationship-building skills
• Well organised and able to manage competing priorities
• Commercial, practical and solutions-focused
• Comfortable taking responsibility for a team and supporting its development
• Solicitor, Chartered Legal Executive, Licensed Conveyancer or experienced Conveyancing professional
• Hybrid and flexible working
• 28 days' annual leave, including birthday and an additional ex-gratia day, plus UK bank holidays
• Long-service awards
• Life assurance worth 3x salary
• Financial wellbeing support
• Employee savings and salary sacrifice schemes
• Annual contribution towards legal services

This is a good opportunity for an experienced Residential Property professional who wants to take on a genuine leadership role while remaining close to the legal work. The firm is also open to someone looking to make the move into management for the first time, with the right support in place.