Legal Property Assistant

Swindon Source: WhatJobs

£26,000-£30,000 per year

Legal Property Assistant | Swindon | Full Time | £26,000-£30,000 per year

Our client prides themselves on being different. They offer accountancy and legal services and aim to break the stereotypical view of these professions. They are approachable and offer expertise with empathy.

The Role

They are seeking a Legal Property Assistant to join their growing legal team and support the Residential & Commercial Solicitor within a very busy property department. This is a varied and hands-on position, ideal for someone with residential conveyancing experience who has a strong understanding of the conveyancing process, thrives in a fast-paced environment and can manage multiple tasks efficiently, seeing matters through from beginning to end.

The successful candidate will manage their own caseload and work autonomously most of the time, with assistance from the solicitor when required.

Joining a small and growing team, this is a great opportunity to take on a role that you can really make your own. There is also scope to develop into a more senior conveyancing or paralegal role, with the potential to progress into a fee-earning or case-handling position.

Key Responsibilities

Sending out quotes to prospective clients
Opening new files and carrying out client due diligence, including ID checks and AML compliance
Preparing and issuing client care letters and terms of engagement
Liaising with clients to obtain initial documentation and information
Receiving and arranging funds
Assisting with a range of residential conveyancing matters from instruction through to completion, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases and transfers of equity
Supporting on commercial property transactions as required
Preparing contract packs and legal documentation, including drafting property reports for approval
Ordering searches and managing search results
Drafting standard correspondence and documents
Liaising with clients, estate agents, lenders, and third parties
Submitting SDLT returns and dealing with post-completion work
Dealing with Land Registry applications/registrations/requisitions
Managing their own caseload from instruction through to completion
Dealing with post-completion matters
Submitting SDLT returns independently where able

Requirements

Essential

Experience in residential conveyancing
Strong understanding of the conveyancing process
Ability to manage your own caseload
Ability to work with limited supervision
Excellent organisational and time management skills

Desirable

Around two years' residential conveyancing experience
Experience managing matters from instruction through to completion
Experience with freehold and leasehold sales and purchases and transfers of equity
Leasehold experience
Experience submitting SDLT returns
Experience dealing with post-completion matters
Experience within a smaller legal practice
Knowledge of LEAP software
Studying towards a legal qualification, such as CILEX or the SQE