Paralegal - Conveyancing

Ampa; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampa is seeking an experienced Conveyancing Paralegal to join the Chichester team on a permanent, full-time basis.

You will support a wide range of property work, handle post-completion tasks, and attend client meetings, delivering excellent service in a busy conveyancing department.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar paralegal position.
• Positive and friendly manner when dealing with clients, referrers and colleagues.
• Ability to manage workload and request input when needed.
• Ability to provide excellent client service.
• High degree of initiative in a demanding environment.
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills.
• Ability to work in a busy team.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support a wide range of property work, including drafting sale contracts and appearing at Land Registry applications.
• Handle post-completion tasks such as SDLT payments, registrations, and mortgage settlements.
• Attend client meetings and respond to progress inquiries from clients, agents, brokers and colleagues.

Skills

Paralegal experience

Client relations

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Workload management

Initiative

Prioritisation

Teamwork

Job description

Paralegal - Conveyancing

Department: Property - Property - Property - Property - Property - 0000

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Chichester

Reporting To: Juliet Godfrey

Description

Our friendly and approachable conveyancing team are homeowners themselves, and so fully understand what it feels like to buy or sell a house. We specialise in international property so we can help with an overseas move or holiday home purchase.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Conveyancing Paralegal to join our Chichester team on a permanent, full-time basis.

Ideally you will have the ability to work independently and proven experience of working towards financial targets. You will have previous Paralegal experience working within a busy conveyancing department, having worked on complex matters.

What you will be doing:

• to support with a wide range of property work, including but not limited to completion of initial contract packs, drafting sale contracts, submitting stamp duty land tax returns and making applications to the Land Registry for a range of Residential Property clients
• deal with post-completion work - to include dealing with payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax, registration, discharge of mortgage and estate agents fees, service of any relevant notices, taking out any necessary indemnity policies and scheduling of Deeds
• attending client meetings, dealing with legal reporting work and dealing with progress enquiries throughout from clients, estate agents, mortgage brokers/financial advisers and colleagues in other departments.

What you will need:

• experience in a similar Paralegal position.
• a positive and friendly manner in dealing with clients, referrers and colleagues
• ability to manage your workload and when to request additional input
• ability to provide excellent client service
• a high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a demanding environment
• excellent organisational and prioritising skills
• the ability to work in a busy team
• excellent communication skills

How we work?

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences, and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have the following office hubs across the South East: Brighton, Chichester, Crawley, East Grinstead, Eastbourne, Lewes, Seaford, Storrington, Southampton & Tunbridge Wells.

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to join our team. We seek to engage a diverse workforce, focusing on inclusivity and fair treatment for all.

We oppose all forms of discrimination and promote equality of opportunity in everything we do.

We can make reasonable adjustments for applicants and employees with a disability so please let us know about any specific needs and requirements you have.