Senior Conveyancing Assistant

yolk recruitment; West of England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment in Bristol is seeking a Senior Conveyancing Assistant to support a busy Residential Conveyancing team. The role focuses on progressing transactions, maintaining case records, and delivering high-quality client service.

Salary up to £35k DOE, permanent full-time position in Bristol. You will work closely with conveyancers, other staff, and clients to ensure smooth progression and excellent service throughout the property transaction process.

Qualifications

• Experience in Residential Conveyancing or senior conveyancing support.
• Strong communication with clients and third parties.
• Ability to manage case records and progress transactions.

Responsibilities

• Support conveyancers with progression of residential property transactions from instruction to completion.
• Act as the main point of contact for clients, providing updates and handling queries.
• Maintain accurate case records in the case management system and ensure compliance with procedures.
• Complete administrative tasks and handle client funds in line with regulatory requirements.
• Support training and development of colleagues within the team.

Skills

Residential Conveyancing knowledge

Client communication

Independent working

Tools

SOS Connect

Case management system

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Senior Conveyancing Assistant

Bristol

Salary up to £35k DOE

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded law firm with the recruitment of an experienced Senior Conveyancing Assistant to join its busy Residential Conveyancing team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Conveyancing Assistant or Senior Conveyancing Assistant who enjoys working in a fast-paced property environment, providing hands-on support to conveyancers and delivering a high standard of service to clients throughout the residential property transaction.

As a Senior Conveyancing Assistant in Bristol, you will play an important role in progressing residential property matters, communicating with clients and third parties, maintaining accurate case records and supporting the wider conveyancing team.

This is what you will be doing

Your duties and responsibilities will be as follows:-

• Supporting Conveyancers with the progression of residential property transactions from instruction through to completion.


• Acting as a key point of contact for clients, providing regular updates, handling queries and ensuring a consistently high standard of client care.


• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date information on the case management system and ensuring matters progress in accordance with internal procedures.


• Completing administrative and transaction-related tasks, including handling client monies in accordance with regulatory and internal requirements.


• Supporting colleagues within the Residential Conveyancing team, including assisting with the training and development of other staff where required.

The experience you will bring to the team

• Previous experience working within Residential Conveyancing, ideally as a Conveyancing Assistant, Legal Assistant or Senior Conveyancing Assistant.


• Strong knowledge of the residential conveyancing process and the ability to work effectively within a high-volume environment.


• Confident IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and legal case management systems. Experience using SOS Connect would be advantageous.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a professional and confident telephone manner.


• The ability to work independently, use your own initiative, prioritise workloads and provide excellent service to clients and colleagues.

This is what you will get in return

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience.


• A permanent, full-time Senior Conveyancing Assistant position in Bristol.


• The opportunity to join an established and busy Residential Conveyancing team.


• Exposure to a varied residential property workload with regular client contact.


• Opportunities to develop your conveyancing knowledge and support the training and development of colleagues.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work. *Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities