Salary: £25k - £30k
Location: Chelmsford
The Conveyancing Assistant is an exciting role where you will work as part of a very busy and rapidly growing Residential Property team to provide professional and dedicated support to a team leader.
As a Conveyancing Assistant, you will have a passion for all things ’property’ related, you will understand the confidential element of the role and have the ability to work at a fast pace but still have the high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
You will play a key role in the provision of a high quality and responsive admin service, continuously applying improvements to increase client satisfaction, you will work collaboratively to maintain a consistency approach across the team.
Our client is a UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, they have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals.
The Department:
The Residential Property Team comprises 60+ members operating out of each office but working together as one team. Within the team, enfranchisement is a specialist and growing sector with three full time fee earners, a paralegal and Team Leader.
Main Responsibilities:
*Update clients and agents regularly and provide email and phone cover when team leader is not available
*Drafting contract packs and ad hoc letters
*Preparing files for completion and attending to post-completion matters through to file closure
*Able to show initiative when responding to queries and actively try to seek solutions to problems
*Supporting and building working relationships with the team leader and wider team members
*Effectively liaising with staff from other departments and external contacts as required
*Accurately maintaining and updating client and other relevant contact details on the firm’s database
*Processing all forms including client questionnaires, money laundering form
*Assisting in maintaining compliant and accurate file management and office systems
*Proofreading all work, checking for spelling and grammar
*Preparing report bundles both electronically and manually
*Preparing completion statements and accounts forms
*Scheduling and managing deeds to ensure records are kept up to date
*Immediately clarifying instructions from fee earners should they be unclear or if deadlines are not made explicit
Key Skills/Experience Needed:
*Positive and professional approach
*Able to communicate with a wide variety of different people from first time buyers to multi-million-pound investor clients, buying and selling agents and mortgage brokers
*Attention to detail
*Strong organisational skills
*Work efficiently and effectively under pressure and to deadlines
*Self-motivated and reliable with an ability to use own initiative
*Positive and professional approach
Benefits:
*25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays rising with service
*Long Service holiday award - 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
*Private Healthcare - BUPA (offered after probation is passed)
*Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)
*Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)
*Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
*Paid ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) day
*Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
*Season Ticket Loan
*Gym Flex membership
*Electric car scheme
*Dress for your Day Policy
*Agile Working Policy