Residential Conveyancing Solicitor

EMG Solicitors | B Corp; North East; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional law firm in North East England seeks an experienced Residential Conveyancing Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer. You will support a collaborative team to manage client files and provide exceptional legal service. The role focuses on proactive client engagement, with flexibility in working hours. Ideal candidates will have over 2 years of experience and commitment to professional growth.

Benefits

Firm wide annual bonus scheme

4% Pension employer contributions

25 days holiday with additional leave

Life Assurance cover

Employee Assistance Program

Free annual flu injection

£50 Gift card on your birthday

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in residential conveyancing.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proactive in generating work and managing client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support pod lead in managing file count and client support.
• Communicate confidently with clients and provide exceptional service.
• Supervise and support colleagues in assistant roles.

Skills

Excellent communication

Time management

Team collaboration

Client service

Education

Fully qualified solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer

Job description

Overview

A little bit about us:

EMG Solicitors is an award winning Legal 500 law firm with offices across the North but acting nationally, specialising in Court of Protection, Deputyships, Family Law and Mediation, Residential Conveyancing, Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Education Law and Wills, Trusts & Probate services.

Our mission is to provide the legal support our clients require in order to achieve anything from their basic needs to their wildest dreams and everything in between.

What are we looking for?

We are currently looking to recruit a Residential Conveyancing Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer who ideally will have 2 plus years’ experience.

Where will you be based?

This role is primarily based in Durham, but we would expect you to travel and work from other offices from time to time.

How many hours will you be working?

This is a full-time role which is 35 hours per week. However, at EMG Solicitor we work flexibly, it’s not a 9-to-5 role, but we do expect the work to be done and when you do it can be largely up to yourself, your Team Leader and the requirements of your clients.

A brief overview of the role:

This role works within the residential conveyancing team. We actively support one another and place a great deal of emphasis on teamwork. In this role you will support the pod lead in running their file count and provide technical support to our clients and lender clients. This will involve reporting on title, raising enquiries, preparing purchase reports and also supervising the pod when the pod lead is unavailable.

What will we expect from you:

Generating work

Your work will come from a mixture of delegation and work you will generate for yourself.

We encourage all our team members to win work, which can be achieved in a variety of ways, including:

• Becoming known as a go-to specialist in a field, including writing articles and speaking at events, both external and internal.
• Attending networking events and flying the EMG Solicitors flag.
• Developing relationships on a one-to-one basis.

Each of these methods is equally valid and we will support you in not only making a plan which works for you and the firm but also providing you with any additional training you may need to help you with this aspect of your role.

Undertaking work

Our residential conveyancing teams work in a pod of three so in this role you will eventually supervise and be supported by two colleagues in residential conveyancing assistant roles.

• Be confident in communicating with clients on the phone and by email.
• You should be passionate about providing:
• Technically excellent advice and support to clients, delivered in a user-friendly way.
• Being able to run your own files independently with minimal supervision.
• Exemplary client service.
• We take the view we stand and fall as a team - you will need to work both on your own and as part of a team.

Getting paid for the work you do.

• You will be responsible for taking monies on account of fees and disbursements on all new instructions.
• You will be able to identify any additional work on a file that may result in the firm being able to charge extra fees.
• You will be able to agree abortive fees with the client for any transactions where we have worked on the file, but the matter has not completed.

To be able to perform this job you will need.

• As far as qualifications go you will ideally need to be a fully qualified solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer.
• You will need to be an excellent communicator in how you work with both clients and colleagues.
• Effective time management and organisational skills will need to be part of your skill set and you will need to be able to work under your own initiative to be proactive when working to tight deadlines.
• We also love to promote from within the firm, so we are looking for someone who has a desire for continuous personal and professional development.

What we’re looking for

A little bit about the colleague we’re looking for:

We’re looking for a colleague who aligns with our core values of:

• Cooperation - we proactively support our clients and each other.
• Courage - we are ambitious and think big.
• Excellence - we deliver excellence.
• Integrity - we are open and transparent.
• Kindness - we value people, communities, having fun and being happy.

We want someone who will work proactively to deliver exceptional client service through the knowledge and skills they bring to the role. We want someone who will go the extra mile for both their clients and their colleagues, so we can all achieve anything from our basic needs to our wildest dreams and everything in between.

What we offer

What you can expect from us:

• Firm wide annual bonus scheme, in addition to a competitive salary
• 4% Pension employer contributions offered through Standard Life
• 25 days holiday entitlement per year (FTE) with an additional three days off at Christmas
• 5 extra days paid leave on your 5-year anniversary – (and every 5 years thereafter)
• Life Assurance providing your loved ones with a 3 X salary death in service benefit
• Employee Assistance Program – a Freephone number you can call 24/7 for personal, legal and financial issues; to arrange counselling and a GP helpline
• Free annual flu injection
• EMG Rewards – Vivup well-being & Tastecard apps offering discounts across a large number of retailers & restaurants
• £50 Gift card on your birthday as well as a late start or early finish
• £50 Gift card at Christmas plus Christmas closure (subject to variation)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Car scheme
• Fruit and refreshments in each office
• If you want to take the family or friends out, we have two passes for Beamish open air museum which you can book out and take up to 10 people
• Opportunity to join EMG working groups, such as our Green Team, Better Health at Work Team, Empowerment, Diversity and Inclusion Team & our Community Team
• Regular surveys to understand issues our team care about. Includes regular guest speakers on a wide range of topics

EMG Solicitors are an equal opportunities employer

To apply for this role, you must have the right to work within the UK