Role: Residential Conveyancer
Salary: Depending on experience + bonuses
Location: Bristol
Qualifications: Qualified Solicitor/Legal executive or licenced conveyancer
Hybrid working: Yes,
Hours: Monday – Friday
Start date: ASAP
Experience: Must have experience handling own residential case load and working as a Fee earner
Conveyancing Fee earner Job Summary:
Our client are a Legal 500 listed long-established firm of solicitors and do not operate like a legal factory - small, close team. They have a National reputation acting in shared ownership transactions (for buyers, not selling developers or housing associations)
You should be able to:
*Run a substantial caseload and perform a full range of tasks with limited supervision;
*Act independently when establishing priorities and managing deadlines;
*Work well within a team;
*Utilise your experience and knowledge of conveyancing;
*Communicate, and build relationships, with clients and third parties in a professional manner;
*Provide good customer service; and assist the team to ensure company targets are met.
Duties & Responsibilities:
*Complete tasks efficiently, accurately and within specified timescales, such as:
*Manage a substantial caseload of residential transactions
*Checking contract documentation, mortgage offers and search results.
*Replying to legal enquiries
*Resolving queries
*Dealing with exchange of contracts and completion of transactions.
Majority of the case work
*Sales and Purchases
*Stair casing
*Shared Ownership
*Lease extension
*Re-mortgages
*Resales
Familiarity With skills needed
*new-build developments,
*housing association packs, and
*Leasehold structures;
*Confident in dealing with lenders, management companies, and housing associations;
*Excellent client communication skills – particularly with first-time buyers