Residential Conveyancing Assistant
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Occupation Type
Records clerks and assistants
Occupation Code Skill LevelIneligible
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
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Description
The role
We are looking for a Paralegal/Residential Conveyancing Assistant to provide a quality and comprehensive conveyancing service with a customer service focus. As part of an established team, you will have prior experience and knowledge of the entire Conveyancing process to include post completion work and be familiar with the roles of support teams such as New Business and Accounts in the process.
As well as joining a reputable firm and being part of a high performing team, we can offer you top quality training and development including the opportunity to gain the CLC qualification in house (once you have met certain criteria to be eligible).
The team
Shoosmiths Conveyancing Team (Swiitch) offers a highly professional conveyancing service designed to make the process of buying or selling property as efficient and stress-free as possible for their clients. Shoosmiths remains the largest firm of conveyancing solicitors accredited under the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
The Firm
Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters. From offices across the UK and Brussels, we support some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact. We empower our people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The first top 50 law firm to achieve ‘Platinum Standard’ Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm.
We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration system. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.
To discover more about our benefits, please visit: Benefits Package
Main Responsibilities
We are looking for a Paralegal/Residential Conveyancing Assistant to provide a quality and comprehensive conveyancing service with a customer service focus. As part of an established team, you will have prior experience and knowledge of the entire Conveyancing process to include post completion work and be familiar with the roles of support teams such as New Business and Accounts in the process.
As well as joining a reputable firm and being part of a high performing team, we can offer you top quality training and development including the opportunity to gain the CLC qualification in house (once you have met certain criteria to be eligible).
The team
Shoosmiths Conveyancing Team (Swiitch) offers a highly professional conveyancing service designed to make the process of buying or selling property as efficient and stress-free as possible for their clients. Shoosmiths remains the largest firm of conveyancing solicitors accredited under the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
The Firm
Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters. From offices across the UK and Brussels, we support some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact. We empower our people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The first top 50 law firm to achieve ‘Platinum Standard’ Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm.
We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration system. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.
To discover more about our benefits, please visit: Benefits Package
Main Responsibilities
- Competently, confidently and consistently undertake all key functions within a conveyancing sale transaction with minimal supervision. To handle the administration and progression of purchase transactions.
- To progress the administration of transactions proactively with all key stakeholders in the process.
- Keeping task reports up to date daily.
- To ensure that the case management system is kept in an orderly manner and up to date
- Deal with client queries.
- Develop and maintain a professional relationship with all work providers with a view to establishing a good rapport and long-term working relationship. Keep clients, estate agents, and other work providers updated as appropriate. Be aware of the department's Work Providers.
- Attend to any office administration requested such as dealing with post, filing, file closures.
- Competently draft non-standard non-technical correspondence.
- Prior conveyancing paralegal experience.
- Knowledge of the conveyancing life cycle (including post-completion).
- Good written, numeracy and oral communication skills.
Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.
This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.