Legal Assistant - Conveyancing

Confidential; Wantage; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Berry Recruitment is recruiting for a committed Legal Assistant - Conveyancing in Wantage. You will support conveyancing casework, coordinating property searches and client communications in a boutique legal setting.

Responsibilities include drafting packs, handling ID/AML checks, and preparing SDLT forms. You will liaise with clients, developers, and brokers, ensuring smooth progression from instruction to completion.

Qualifications

• Experience with digital audio systems.
• Conveyancing experience preferred.
• Exceptional customer service.
• Able to type at a decent speed in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Ordering property searches.
• Dealing with ID/AML procedures and requirements.
• Working directly with clients to ensure a seamless service.
• Drafting contract packs and client care letters.
• Assisting clients, developers, and brokers with queries by phone or email.
• Sending standard correspondence to clients.
• Drafting SDLT forms in preparation for reports to clients.
• Writing to clients and solicitors confirming exchanges.
• Obtaining OS2 and Bankruptcy searches and uploading results to case files and lender portals.
• Obtaining closing statements from lenders and ordering ISA/LISA funds.
• Ordering redemption statements from lenders on sales.
• On completion, ensure SDLT submission and payment to HMRC.
• Arranging completion letters to clients and solicitors, sending deeds on sales.
• Submitting END1s/DS1s to lenders on sales.
• Submit AP1 to Land Registry to register clients as new proprietors.
• Responding to requisitions raised by Land Registry.
• Send title documents to lenders and clients.

Skills

Digital audio systems

Conveyancing experience

Customer service

Typing speed

Job description

Berry Recruitment are NOW hiring for a committed and experienced Legal Assistant - Conveyancing to work for a boutique Legal firm in Wantage.

Role: Legal Assistant - Conveyancing

Location: Wantage, Oxfordshire

Hours: Office based. Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

Key Responsibilities of the Legal Assistant - Conveyancing:

• Ordering property searches.
• Dealing with ID/AML procedures and requirements.
• Working directly with clients to ensure a seamless service.
• Drafting contract packs and client care letters.
• Assisting the clients, developers, and brokers with any queries either by telephone or email.
• Sending standard correspondence to clients.
• Drafting Stamp Duty Land Tax form in preparation for report to client.
• Write to clients and solicitors confirming exchange.
• Obtain OS2 and Bankruptcy searches and downloading the search results onto case file and lender portals.
• Obtain closing statements from clients and order ISA/LISA funds.
• Order redemption statements from lenders on sales.
• On completion ensure submission and payment of SDLT is made to HMRC.
• Arranging completion letters to client and solicitors, sending deeds etc on sales to solicitors.
• Submitting END1s/DS1s to existing lenders/HTB on sales.
• Submit the AP1 to Land Registry to register clients as new proprietors.
• Responding to Requisitions raised by the Land Registry.
• Send title documents to lenders and clients.

About you:

• Experience with using digital audio systems.
• Experience with working in conveyancing is preferred.
• Exceptional customer service.
• Able to type a decent speed as quite fast-paced environment.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification we have listed. If your experience looks a little different but you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. All applicants will be considered on the basis of their skills, experience, qualifications and ability to perform the role, and no applicant will be treated less favourably because of a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.