Conveyancing Legal Assistant
22 days ago
Bedford
Are you a driven Conveyancing Assistant with a minimum of 1 years’ experience in the legal sector, looking for a new challenge with a prestigious Legal 500 firm? This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your outstanding administrative and organisational skills within a respected Firm where your contributions will be valued. A solid understanding of the conveyancing process is essential, as well as the ability to manage multiple tasks and excel in a fast-paced environment.The Firm: Our esteemed Legal 500 client is a full-service practice with a nationwide presence recognised for providing high quality legal advice to private and commercial clients. With client care at their core, the Firm comprises specialists with diverse expertise, drawn from top-tier UK firms, ensuring clients receive the highest quality advice. Understanding the intricacies of business, with many team members boasting hands-on experience in multi-million-pound companies, providing invaluable foresight and risk management skills.What will be expected from you as a Conveyancing Assistant:\n\n • Handling inquiries from clients, solicitors, lenders, and estate agents.\n, • Providing clients with updates and tracking the progress of matters\n, • Opening and closing files within the case management system.\n, • Ensuring compliance with AML, quality standards, and SRA and CQS regulations.\n, • Performing general administrative duties.\n, • Preparing and submitting client quotes and drafting completion statements.\n, • Reviewing mortgage offers and drafting reports under supervision.\n, • Conducting online searches\n, • Familiarity with leasehold transactions\n, • Ability to prepare apportionment statements for leasehold properties.\n, • Reviewing and reporting on searches with guidance\n, • Progressing towards checking freehold titles and raising inquiries with supervision\n, • Using the Land Registry portal to submit registrations, respond to requisitions, and order official copies, leases, and title plans\n, • Calculating Stamp Duty Land Tax and submitting applications.\n, • Preparing and submitting invoices, receipts, and payments to the finance department.\n, • Providing occasional reception coverage.\nIs this Conveyancing Assistant position for you: \n\n, • A solid understanding of the daily functions of a legal office\n, • Strong computer skills, particularly in Word, Excel, and Outlook\n, • Familiarity with case management software\n, • Proficiency in English language\n, • Keen attention to detail\nIn return for your hard work and dedication the Firm offer a competitive benefits package to include, target related bonuses, training and development opportunities along with many other impressive incentives! Vacancy Reference Number: 36788PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL (INCLUDING SPAM FOLDER) FOR CONFIRMATION YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. In accordance with The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003