Conveyancing / Property Legal Assistant - Modern

Are you frustrated where you work and do you want Law to be less stressful? Do you want to work for a non-traditional law firm? Do you expect the following from your work?

+ To be Happy to start work because you look forward to what the day will bring, enjoy what you do, interacting with your colleagues and team and feel you have helped people while achieving your personal goals.

+ To be Hungry to learn more, improve your skills, maximise your potential and help your clients achieve their goals.

+ To be Honest and open with yourself, your clients and your colleagues and for them to be honest with you because that is the basis of integrity and self-improvement.

+ To be Humble and open minded enough to know that you can always learn from others and from your mistakes; that every one of your colleagues and clients are important and deserve respect and to know that true success can only be achieved with the help and support of others.

All of the above are our core values and the basis of our culture. If you live by the same values we believe that this would be a good place for you to be and we can achieve great things together.

Role Info:

Conveyancing / Property Legal Assistant
St Albans AL1 / Hybrid Working
£25,000 - £32,000 Dependant on Experience
Plus Excellent Benefits Package, Support & Development
Hours - 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday

We’re Paperless and fully digital!

Who we are:

Launched in 1990 by our Founder, who has a penchant for live music and trekking around Tasmania, Nepal and Europe, we are a full-services modern Law firm. We're big enough to offer a full range of legal services, but small enough to care about each and every client. And it's this fanatical dedication to our customers that has kept some of our clients on our roster for over 30 years. We challenge the conventional legal practice in our thinking from the ground up and have an operating system fit for the 21st century. We're paperless and fully digitised allowing our solicitors to work flexibly and efficiently.

The Conveyancing / Property Legal Assistant Role:

We are looking for an experienced Conveyancing / Property Assistant with a minimum of two years of experience to join our Property team, reporting directly to the Head of Property.

This role will involve managing a variety of tasks in both Sales and Purchase transactions and supporting post-completion activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales Transactions (with Fee Earner guidance):

+ Draft and send contract packs
+ Order management packs, correspond with management companies
+ Update estate agents and clients as needed
+ Assist with enquiries, exchange contracts, and completion

Purchase Transactions (with Fee Earner guidance):

+ Order and review searches and mortgage offers
+ Draft transfer deeds and deeds of covenant
+ Conduct pre-exchange searches and handle contract exchanges

Post Completion:

+ Submit SDLT and AP1 forms
+ Prepare first registration applications and RX forms
+ Manage straightforward Land Registry requisitions and update lender portals

About you:

+ Minimum of 2 years' experience in property law
+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills
+ Strong organisational skills with keen attention to detail
+ Ability to manage multiple cases and meet deadlines

Benefits:

+ Competitive salary
+ 22 days holiday to include the period between Christmas and New Year but in addition to Bank Holidays
+ Company Events
+ Free parking
+ Company pension
+ Employee discount
+ Health & wellbeing programme
+ Sick pay

Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Senior Partner / Director.

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If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.