Residential Conveyancing Assistant
Location
Merseyside
Salary
£24500-25500 per annum
Sector
Private Practice
Type
Permanent Role
Practice Area
Residential Conveyancing
Reference
LKRR
Residential Conveyancing Assistant
Salary: £25,000
Hours: 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
Location: Wirral
A well established law firm is seeking a Residential Conveyancing Assistant to join its busy property department. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with previous conveyancing support experience who is looking to progress within a supportive team environment.
You will provide administrative and transactional support while working under the supervision of a Senior Conveyancer, as part of a team consisting of a Senior Conveyancer, Conveyancer and Assistant.
The Role:
The successful candidate will support the progression of residential property transactions and assist the conveyancing team with both administrative and transactional elements of files.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assistant Level Duties
- Managing tasks associated with the Junior Assistant level
- Dealing with pre contract enquiries raised by buyers' solicitors on sale transactions
- Coordinating exchange of contracts on both sale and purchase matters
- Reviewing source of funds information and Stamp Duty forms on purchase transactions
- Reviewing and reporting on search results
- Reviewing and reporting on mortgage offers
- Dealing with pre completion mortgage conditions on purchase matters
- Preparing contract documentation for clients to sign on purchase transactions
The Ideal Candidate
- Previous experience working as a Conveyancing Assistant or in a residential property team
- Good understanding of the conveyancing process
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Confident communication skills and professional telephone manner
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Benefits
- Salary of £25,000
- 9am to 5pm working hours, Monday to Friday
- Four weeks paid holiday per year (excluding bank holidays)
- Additional time off over the Christmas period when the office typically closes
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or wish to apply, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.
Thornton Legal is a specialist legal recruitment agency. We regularly recruit for international, national, Legal 500, regional and boutique law firms across Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. Main locations include Liverpool, Chester, Preston, Manchester, Leeds and Shropshire. At Thornton Legal we work with partners, solicitors, paralegals and legal assistants across a range of practice areas including (but not exclusively) corporate, commercial property, residential property, employment, litigation, private client and family.
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