Legal Assistant - Residential Property - Leicester

HCB ACCOUNTANTS LLP; Leicester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm in Leicester is looking for a Conveyancing Assistant to join their Residential Property team. This role involves assisting with a varied caseload including freehold and leasehold transactions. The ideal candidate will have experience in a legal office, excellent organisational skills, and be able to manage multiple tasks under pressure. The position offers a fixed fee basis, ensuring clarity in workload expectations, along with a competitive salary and benefits including training opportunities and holiday bonuses.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension Scheme

Firm-funded eye tests

Monthly holiday bonus scheme

Comprehensive training and development

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a conveyancing assistant/secretary preferred.
• Satisfactory knowledge of legal office operations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit quotes to clients.
• Deal with client queries and provide updates.
• Open/close files compliant with regulations.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Client communication

Time management

Education

Professional qualifications

Tools

Case management software

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Legal Assistant - Residential Property - Leicester

We are seeking to recruit a Conveyancing Assistant to our Residential Property team in our Leicester Office.

The successful Conveyancing Assistant will work alongside an experienced fee earner in a busy conveyancing environment. You will assist on a full and varied caseload of freehold / leasehold sales & purchase, re-mortgage, transfers of equity, right to buy, and shared ownership schemes from start to finish.

Responsibilities include:

1. Prepare and submit quotes to clients.
2. Deal with queries raised by clients, solicitors, lenders, and estate agents.
3. Provide client updates and monitor matter progression.
4. Open/close files on the case management system, compliant with the firm’s AML and quality standards, as well as SRA and CQS regulations.
5. Experience of Leasehold transactions.
6. Carry out searches online.
7. Use Land Registry portal to submit registrations, reply to requisitions, and order official copies, leases, and title plans.
8. Generate Stamp Duty Land Tax calculations and submit applications.
9. Prepare and submit bills, receipts, and payments to the finance team for fee earners.
10. Occasional reception cover.

Requirements for this role include:

1. Preferably previous work experience as a conveyancing assistant/secretary.
2. Satisfactory knowledge of day-to-day operations of a legal office.
3. Advanced computer literacy (Word, Excel, Outlook).
4. Working knowledge of case management software.
5. Proficiency in English.
6. Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
7. Ability to juggle multiple activities and work under pressure.
8. Excellent attention to detail.
9. Basic understanding of the conveyancing process.
10. Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:15, with a one-hour lunch break (Office Based).
11. Attractive salary dependent on experience.
12. 26 days holiday plus bank holidays.
13. Pension Scheme.
14. Firm-funded eye tests.
15. Monthly holiday bonus scheme (extra days holiday for each monthly income target achieved for the region).
16. Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including support to study for professional qualifications.

Working on a fixed fee basis means there is no uncertainty as to your outlay.