Conveyancing Assistant Part Time

Otley, Yorkshire
Clear IT Recruitment Limited

Our client is seeking an experienced Conveyancing Assistant to join their team in Otley, West Yorkshire.

My client is currently looking for an experienced conveyancing assistant to support a single fee earner, as part of an experienced conveyancing team currently consisting of 5 fee earners and 4 assistants. With a one-fee earner to one assistant ratio at the practice.

This role will require someone capable of taking specific steps in residential property matters. This will be a transactional role, where responsibility will lie with the solicitor in charge who will delegate tasks as required. These will include file opening, searching, and various steps pre and post-completion.

Candidate Profile

• The right candidate will have previous legal experience in residential property.• Ideally 1+ years experience working in a similar role. • Previous Law Firm experience is desirable.

Main Duties:

• To act as assistant to a fee earner in the conveyancing department.• Typing from digital dictation (Voicepower DPA), quickly and accurately and prioritising where required and/or noted• Correcting the fee earner’s obvious mistakes and checking where in any doubt• Composing and producing routine correspondence and documents using the firm’s Case Management System (P4W TFB) and assisting in ongoing developments of that system• Opening new files and matters and send out fee estimate letters• Scan client ID & other documents and update the matter file• Send out Property searches• Obtain documents from Land Registry, office copy entries.• Complete registration post completion with Land Registry• File SDLT return and arrange payment of SDLT tax• File any deeds and document in storage accurately• Assisting with the workload of others in the conveyancing team where time allows and/or priorities and/or holiday periods require

Preference will be given under our established policy to an individual who knows the Wharfe Valley and surrounding area and who has a real connection with it.

Please Note: Due to the number of applications we receive we may be unable to respond to every application directly.

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