Legal Property Assistant

Cameron Clarke Associates t/a talent-finder; Swindon; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £26k-£30k per year

Office-based role

Additional leave

Canteen

Casual dress

Company events

Company pension

Free parking

Private medical insurance

Sick pay

Annual salary reviews

Job summary

Cameron Clarke Associates t/a talent-finder in Swindon is seeking a Legal Property Assistant to support the Residential & Commercial Solicitor in a busy property department. The role covers file opening, due diligence, SDLT, and post-completion matters, with scope to develop into a senior conveyancing role.

The ideal candidate has residential conveyancing experience, strong organisational skills, and can manage a caseload with limited supervision in a friendly, office-based environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in residential conveyancing
• Strong understanding of the conveyancing process
• Ability to manage your own caseload
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Excellent organisational and time management skills

Responsibilities

• Sending out quotes to prospective clients
• Opening new files and client due diligence (ID checks, AML)
• Preparing and issuing client care letters and terms of engagement
• Liaising with clients to obtain documentation
• Receiving and arranging funds
• Assisting with residential conveyancing matters from instruction to completion
• Supporting on commercial property transactions as required
• Drafting property reports and ordering searches
• Liaising with clients, agents, lenders and third parties
• Submitting SDLT returns and post-completion work
• Managing caseload from instruction through to completion

Skills

Residential conveyancing

Conveyancing process

Caseload management

Autonomy

Time management

Tools

LEAP software

Job description

Legal Property Assistant | Swindon | Full Time | £26,000-£30,000 per year

Our client prides themselves on being different. They offer accountancy and legal services and aim to break the stereotypical view of these professions. They are approachable and offer expertise with empathy.

The Role

They are seeking a Legal Property Assistant to join their growing legal team and support the Residential & Commercial Solicitor within a very busy property department. This is a varied and hands-on position, ideal for someone with residential conveyancing experience who has a strong understanding of the conveyancing process, thrives in a fast-paced environment and can manage multiple tasks efficiently, seeing matters through from beginning to end.

The successful candidate will manage their own caseload and work autonomously most of the time, with assistance from the solicitor when required.

Joining a small and growing team, this is a great opportunity to take on a role that you can really make your own. There is also scope to develop into a more senior conveyancing or paralegal role, with the potential to progress into a fee-earning or case-handling position.

Key Responsibilities

• Sending out quotes to prospective clients
• Opening new files and carrying out client due diligence, including ID checks and AML compliance
• Preparing and issuing client care letters and terms of engagement
• Liaising with clients to obtain initial documentation and information
• Receiving and arranging funds
• Assisting with a range of residential conveyancing matters from instruction through to completion, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases and transfers of equity
• Supporting on commercial property transactions as required
• Preparing contract packs and legal documentation, including drafting property reports for approval
• Ordering searches and managing search results
• Drafting standard correspondence and documents
• Liaising with clients, estate agents, lenders, and third parties
• Submitting SDLT returns and dealing with post-completion work
• Dealing with Land Registry applications/registrations/requisitions
• Managing their own caseload from instruction through to completion
• Dealing with post-completion matters
• Submitting SDLT returns independently where able

Requirements

Essential

• Experience in residential conveyancing
• Strong understanding of the conveyancing process
• Ability to manage your own caseload
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Excellent organisational and time management skills

Desirable

• Around two years' residential conveyancing experience
• Experience managing matters from instruction through to completion
• Experience with freehold and leasehold sales and purchases and transfers of equity
• Leasehold experience
• Experience submitting SDLT returns
• Experience dealing with post-completion matters
• Experience within a smaller legal practice
• Knowledge of LEAP software
• Studying towards a legal qualification, such as CILEX or the SQE

What's In It For You

• £26,000-£30,000 per year
• Monday to Friday, 9:00 am-5:30 pm
• Office-based
• Additional leave
• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free or subsidised travel
• Free parking
• Private medical insurance (including ODA)
• Sick pay
• Annual salary reviews
• Support fo