Residential Property Legal Assistant
Posted 23 hours 50 minutes ago by Law Staff Limited
Permanent
Full Time
Other
West Midlands, United Kingdom
Job Description
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 role offers a generous holiday allowance, firm-funded eye tests, a monthly holiday bonus scheme where additional days off can be earned by achieving regional income targets, and ongoing training to support your professional development.The Firm:Our Legal 500 client is a nationwide, full-service firm with 20+ offices, praised for its high-quality advice and strong client satisfaction. Combining top-tier expertise with commercial insight, the firm delivers strategic, expert support across all practice areasResponsibilities for this Conveyancing Assistant role:
- 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
- General administrative tasks
- Prepare and submit quotes to clients and drafting completion statements
- Check mortgage offers and prepare reports with supervision.
- Experience of Leasehold transactions
- To be able to prepare apportionment statements for leasehold properties
- Carry out searches online
- Checking and reporting on searches with supervision
- Working towards checking freehold title and raising enquiries with supervision
- 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
- Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Company pension scheme
- Monthly holiday bonus scheme (earn extra days off by meeting performance targets)
- Firm-funded eye care, including regular eye tests
- Extensive training and development opportunities, including support for professional qualification study