Conveyancing Assistant

Role: Senior Conveyancing Assistant
Location: Bedford, Fully Office based

Hours: Full time, Monday-Thursday 9am-5.30pm, Friday 9am-5pm (37 hours per week)
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum

An excellent opportunity has now arisen for a Senior Conveyancing Assistant to join our client's successful conveyancing team, due to an upcoming retirement.

Who are we?

We are supporting a specialist conveyancing service within the property sector. This is a fully office-based role, working in a friendly, professional environment where people are genuinely valued and supported to develop.

• Clear progression opportunities
• Free parking

Duties of a Senior Conveyancing Assistant:

• Preparing and issuing sale contracts
• Responding to enquiries professionally and efficiently
• Providing a comprehensive residential conveyancing service to clients
• Submitting searches and filing SDLT
• Handling exchanges of contract and preparing files for completion
• Managing a varied and often busy caseload accurately and confidently
• Utilising strong organisational and telephone skills to meet strict deadlines
• Working across transactional, remortgage, freehold/leasehold, staircasing, transfers of equity, deed variations and shared ownership (experience in these areas is advantageous)
• Using case management systems and demonstrating excellent ICT skills
• Handling Land Registry applications and processes
• Supporting with purchase contract approval, title investigation, and reporting on mortgage offers, searches and title where required in the Conveyancer's absence

What we would like from you:

• Minimum 3 years' experience working within a conveyancing office (essential)
• Experience within a volume conveyancing team
• Ideally a Law graduate (2:1 or above), although not essential
• Confident working both independently and as part of a team
• Strong organisation, accuracy, and prioritisation skills
• Proactive, ambitious and keen to progress
• Experience using case management systems

This role is fully office based, offering a friendly and sociable environment where you'll be supported to grow and excel.

If you are interested in this role, please apply below with your most recent CV.

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