Residential Property Lead - Manage & Hands-On Conveyancing

Oculus Legal Group; Stourbridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance worth 3x salary

Hybrid and flexible working

Financial wellbeing support

Employee savings and salary sacrifice

Job summary

Oculus Legal Group in Stourbridge seeks an experienced Residential Property professional to lead its established team. The role is hands-on, balancing management with continuing to handle a personal conveyancing caseload.

You will oversee workflow, coach staff, and develop relationships with clients and introducers, while ensuring high standards of case management and compliance across the Land Registry process.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience managing your own residential conveyancing caseload.
• Strong technical knowledge across freehold and leasehold matters.
• Experience supervising or mentoring others or a clear desire to step into management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Stourbridge Residential Property team.
• Continue to manage an appropriate residential conveyancing caseload.
• Handle freehold and leasehold matters, remortgages, transfers of equity and shared ownership work.
• Provide technical guidance and support to the team.
• Supervise, coach and develop Conveyancers, Paralegals and Trainees.
• Oversee workflow, file allocation and team performance.
• Act as a senior technical point of contact for the team.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, estate agents and other introducers.
• Support the continued development of the wider Residential Property department.
• Help maintain strong standards around case management, compliance and Land Registry processes.

Skills

Residential conveyancing

Team leadership

Client relationship management

Mentoring/coaching

Compliance and case management

Education

Legal professional qualification (Solicitor/FE/Licensed Conveyancer)

Job description

Oculus Legal Group in Stourbridge seeks an experienced Residential Property professional to lead its established team. The role is hands-on, balancing management with continuing to handle a personal conveyancing caseload.

You will oversee workflow, coach staff, and develop relationships with clients and introducers, while ensuring high standards of case management and compliance across the Land Registry process.