Deceased Estate Conveyancing Paralegal

Chausse Incorporated T/A RVC Inc; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 279,000 - 390,600; Full time

Job summary

A conveyancing firm is seeking an experienced professional for its deceased estate transfer team in Cape Town. Responsibilities include managing the transfer process of immovable property, liaising with various stakeholders, and documenting necessary transfers. The candidate must have at least 3 years of conveyancing experience, with a focus on deceased estates, and be familiar with Lexis Convey and Ghost Practice. Excellent communication and organizational skills are essential to succeed in this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in the conveyancing field, especially transfers.
• Minimum of 1 year of deceased estate transfers.
• Familiarity with Lexis Convey software.
• Experience with Ghost Practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess the estate transfer instruction.
• Liaise with practitioners, purchasers, and agents to gather relevant documents.
• Draft necessary transfer documents.
• Manage payments for transfer instructions from start to finish.
• Communicate efficiently as the first point of contact.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Ability to prioritize

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

3 years' experience in conveyancing

1 year of deceased estate transfers

Lexis Convey

Ghost practice

Job description

Job Description

The deceased estate conveyancing transfer Team at RVC Inc attend to transfers of immovable property from deceased estates to third parties, whether in terms of testate or intestate succession or to by way of sale out of a respective deceased estate. The transfer usually also involves various other applications including but not only divorce transfers that have not taken place prior to death.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• To assess the estate transfer instruction.
• To liaise with the estate practitioner, purchaser, estate agent in order to acquire all relevant information and documents necessary to attend to the instruction.
• To attend to the necessary drafting of the various transfer documents.
• To request payment and attend to finances on a transfer instruction from start to finish.
• To liaise with various other attorneys that may be involved in a transactions, bond cancellation and/or bond attorneys.
• To receive incoming calls as the first point of contact and be able to communicate efficiently and professionally both orally and in writing.
• To respond to queries from internal and external queries.
• Be proactive by following up on outstanding information and/or documents and payment of various necessary monies.
• Assisting Conveyancers and other team members with a broad scope of administrative as well as legal matters duties.
• Be proactive by following up on outstanding matters.

Education and Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in the conveyancing field, especially transfers
• Minimum of 1 year of deceased estate transfers
• Lexis Convey
• Ghost practice

Behavioural Competencies and Soft Skills

• Attention to detail and an extremely organized nature
• Ability to prioritize and diarize exceptionally well
• Ability to interact with a range of different stakeholders and to provide excellent service
• Eager to learn new skills and also to grow in the role
• Team orientated to work within the existing deceased estate transfer team but also self-driven to work independently