Social Housing Conveyancer

Ward Hadaway; Newcastle upon Tyne; Sur place; GBP 35 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working with 2 days per week in

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced pension scheme

Résumé du poste

Ward Hadaway in Newcastle is seeking an experienced Social Housing Conveyancer to join our team. You will manage disposals from instruction through to completion for Registered Providers of Social Housing, including Right to Buy, shared ownership leases, and lease extensions.

You will handle sales of new-build shared ownership dwellings, staircasing, and maintain rigorous client communication while supporting junior colleagues and ensuring file integrity.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a conveyancing role.
• Good IT skills with Microsoft Office and case management systems.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.

Responsabilités

• Disposals of affordable dwellings, including Right to Buy transactions.
• Handling re-sales of affordable dwellings.
• Lease extensions.
• Sales of new-build shared ownership dwellings.
• Shared ownership lease staircasing transactions.
• Proactive management of client timescales and deadlines.
• Liaising with and updating clients regularly.
• Supervising junior team members on files.
• File administration and file management.

Connaissances

Conveyancing

Social housing

Case management

Microsoft Office

Client service

Team supervision

Outils

Case management systems

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

This is a Permanent , Full Time vacancy that will close in 11 days at 23:59 GMT .

The Vacancy

We're looking for an experienced Social Housing Conveyancer to join our team in Newcastle. The purpose of this role is to provide a high level of service to our clients in the processing of social housing disposals from receipt of instructions through to completion.

What will I be doing

You'll be acting for Registered Providers of Social Housing, dealing with work relating to social housing disposals from receipt of instructions to completion, including:

• Disposals of affordable dwellings (e.g. Right to Buy transactions, grant of shared ownership leases).
• Dealing with client's requirements on the re-sale of affordable dwellings.
• Lease extensions.
• Sales of new-build shared ownership dwellings.
• Shared ownership lease staircasing transactions.
• Taking a proactive role in ensuring client timescales are met.
• Liaising with, and regularly updating, clients.
• Supporting the day-to-day supervision of junior team members.
• File administration and management of your own files.

You'll have

• Previous experience within a Conveyancing role, ideally with good knowledge of affordable housing.
• A good level of IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office products, and case management systems.
• The ability to work on your own initiative and as a member of a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent telephone and client service skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise workload and to meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail

About us

We're proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK we're one of the UK's Top 100 law firms. When you join us you’ll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive.

We're passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving Firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients and our communities.

What we can offer you

We’re committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing and inclusion and we’re always striving to improve. Our commitment to this has been recognised by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification.

We reward our people with a whole range of benefits, some core and some flexible, designed to shape a reward package that’s right for you – now and in the future. Our core benefits include:

• An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
• A range of health & wellbeing benefits.
• Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 2 days per week working from one of our office locations.
• We also have a flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.

The Company

Ward Hadaway is a full-service, UK Top 100 law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, public and third sectors, and individuals.

From our offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Teesside, we combine regional strength with national influence to deliver high-quality, tailored solutions that drive success for our clients.

We remove ambiguity and provide a clear direction and certainty. We build trust with each other and our clients through honest, transparent interactions.

• Respectful

We succeed together. We build and maintain an inclusive firm in which difference is recognised, valued and harnessed.

• Ambitious

We constantly strive and innovate to be the best we can be for ourselves, our teams and the firm.

The Benefits

The important bits

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonuses, and a range of benefits to suit your lifestyle.

With flexibility and work-life balance in mind, we offer flexible working options where roles allow such as hybrid working, part-time working and job-sharing.

We want you to feel your best every day and, as well as providing a supportive and inclusive environment, we provide a range of health and wellbeing benefits to help you achieve this.

The fun stuff

We have an active social calendar with plenty of opportunities to get together with your team, wider departments, and cross-office.