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Legal Assistant - Residential Property - Leicester
We are seeking to recruit a Conveyancing Assistant to our Residential Property team in our Leicester Office
The successful Conveyancing Assistant will work alongside an experienced fee earner in a busy conveyancing environment. You will assist on a full and varied caseload of freehold / leasehold sales & purchase, re-mortgage, transfers of equity, right to buy and shared ownership schemes from start to finish
Responsibilities include:
- General administrative tasks
- Prepare and submit quotes to clients
- Dealing with queries raised by clients, solicitors, lenders and estate agents
- Provide client updates and monitor matter progression
- Opening/closing files on the case management system, compliant with the firm’s AML and quality standards and SRA and CQS regulations
- Experience of Leasehold transactions
- Carry out searches online
- Use Land Registry portal to submit registrations, replying to requisitions and ordering official copies, leases and title plans
- Generate Stamp Duty Land Tax calculations and submit applications
- Preparing and submitting bills, receipts and payments to the finance team for fee earners
- Occasional reception cover
Requirements for this role include:
- Preferably previous work experience as a conveyancing assistant/secretary
- Satisfactory knowledge of day-to-day operations of a legal office
- Advanced computer literacy (word, excel, outlook)
- Working knowledge of case management software
- Proficiency in English
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills
- Ability to juggle multiple activities and work under pressure
- Excellent attention to detail
- Basic understanding of the conveyancing process
- Hours - Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:15 with a one hour lunch break (Office Based)
- Attractive salary dependent on experience
- 26 days holiday as well as bank holidays
- Pension Scheme
- Firm Funded Eye tests
- Monthly holiday bonus scheme (extra days holiday for each monthly income target achieved for region)
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities including support to study for professional qualifications
To apply for the position, please send your CV to Lisa Syrett - LisaSyrett@hcbgroup.com