Legal Property Assistant

CityJobs.com; Swindon; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office-based

Company pension

Free parking

Private medical insurance

Annual salary reviews

Canteen

Company events

Free or subsidised travel

Job summary

CityJobs.com is recruiting a Legal Property Assistant in Swindon to join a busy property team. You will support the Solicitor across residential and commercial matters, manage your own caseload, perform due diligence, draft documents and handle SDLT returns.

The role offers a proactive environment with opportunities to progress to senior conveyancing or paralegal positions. Applicants should have residential conveyancing experience and be working toward a legal qualification such as CILEX or the

Qualifications

• Experience in residential conveyancing is required.
• Strong understanding of the conveyancing process is essential.
• Ability to manage your own caseload with limited supervision.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Studying toward a legal qualification (CILEX or SQE) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Residential & Commercial Solicitor in a busy property department.
• Open new files, perform ID checks and AML compliance, and issue client care letters.
• Draft and issue contracts, conduct searches, and manage SDLT returns.
• Liaise with clients, estate agents, lenders and third parties; handle post‑completion matters.
• Support on both residential and commercial property transactions as required.

Skills

Residential conveyancing

Conveyancing process

Caseload management

Time management

LEAP software

Education

CILEX or the SQE qualification

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 documentsLiaising 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

• 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
• 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

Whats In It For You

• £26,000£30,000 per year
• Monday to Friday, 9:00 am5:30 pm
• Office-based
• Additional leave
• Canteen
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free or subsidised travel
• Free parking
• Private medical insurance (including ODA)
• Sick pay
• Annual salary reviews
• Support for further legal qualifications and professional development
• Scope to progress into a more senior conveyancing or paralegal role

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