Job Title: Conveyancing Assistant
Location: Penrith
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full time.
EMG Solicitors is an award winning Legal 500 Boutique law firm located in Durham, Gosforth and Penrith. We provide a range of legal advice to both private individuals and businesses across the region and nationally. We provide legal support that our clients require in order to achieve anything from their basic needs to their wildest dreams and everything in between. We specialize in Court of Protection, Deputyships, Family Law, Residential Conveyancing, Commercial Property, Litigation & Disputes and Wills, Trusts & Probate Services.
About the role:
The Residential Conveyancing Assistant will work with the Conveyancers in the management of caseload by actioning legal procedures as directed by the Conveyancer. They will assist Conveyancers in the management of caseload through dealing with file related queries either face to face or by telephone and assist in the processing of matters on a timely and cost-effective basis.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Liaising with all parties involved in the transaction.
- Order searches.
- Dealing with incoming and outgoing post.
- To support Conveyancers in the maintenance of purchase, sales, re-mortgage, transfer of equity (both freehold and leasehold) files by effective file management.
- To ensure that clients are kept up to date and dealt with efficiently and politely and that appropriate legal matters are raised with the Conveyancer.
- To attend to clients, taking instructions, and conducting letter and telephone enquiries as necessary.
- To provide full support to the fee earner – collating, sending, checking documentation to all parties involved in transactions.
- To use the correct Practice procedures and systems in order to manage cases effectively and in accordance with the firm’s standards and legal requirements.
- To improve and enhance the firm’s client base by effective liaison with existing clients.
- To maximize the firm’s potential to cross – sell services by identifying appropriate opportunities.
- To manage own work allocation, productivity and quality of work with minimum supervision.
- To ensure our clients received the best possible service at all times.
- To ensure our introducers of business receive the best possible service at all times.
Key responsibilities
- Verifying client identification in accordance with EMG Solicitors’ Money Laundering Policy Guidelines.
- Ensuring all telephone calls are returned within 2 hours of receipt wherever possible or at the latest, prior to close of business on each working day.
- Produce contract documentation in accordance with the company procedure and policy.
- Raise pre-contract enquiries.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills:
- Legal qualification (Good standard of education).
- Experience of working in residential property sector i.e. mortgage broker, IFA, estate agency.
- Experience in Residential conveyancing role.
- Essential typing skills/Case Management skills.
- Previous experience of working in a busy Residential Conveyancing Department.
- Experience of telephone work and working in a Client Care environment.
- Good standard of spoken and written English required.
- Competent use of MS Office required.
- Understanding of e-mail systems, portals and other IT as appropriate.
- Use of Case Management System.
Benefits:
- Bonus scheme
- Pension scheme
- 25 days holiday (plus 3 days non-contractual leave for Christmas)
- Free flu injections
- EMG rewards – discount platform
- EAP (Employee Support Programme) – offering counselling and GP help line
- £50 gift card on birthday and either two hours late start or early finish
- £50 gift card at on Christmas
- Beamish Museum Family Passes
- 5 extra days paid leave on your 5-year anniversary
- Death in service benefit of 3 x salary
If you’re interested in the role and would like to put yourself forward please hit APPLY. Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Conveyancing Legal Assistant, Paralegal, Legal Support Assistant, Legal Executive, Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary, Residential Conveyancing Assistant, Assistant Conveyancer may also be considered for this role.
