Deceased Estate Conveyancing Paralegal

Chausse Incorporated T/A RVC Inc; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Chausse Incorporated T/A RVC Inc is seeking a skilled conveyancing professional in Johannesburg to handle deceased estate transfers and related proceedings. You will coordinate with estate practitioners, purchasers, and agents to assemble required information and documentation.

The role includes drafting transfer documents, processing payments, and collaborating with other attorneys on bonds and related steps. A minimum three years in conveyancing and experience with deceased estates is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in the conveyancing field, especially transfers.
• Minimum of 1 year of deceased estate transfers.
• Proficiency with Lexis Convey and Ghost practice.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess the estate transfer instruction and coordinate information/documents.
• Draft the transfer documents and liaise with practitioners, purchasers, and agents.
• Request payment and manage finances on transfer instructions from start to finish.
• Communicate with other attorneys involved in bonds and related matters.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organized

Stakeholder management

Client service

Tools

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