Term: Permanent
Working hours: Full-time (37.5)
Business Unit: Residential Property
Location: Bristol
Vacancy
We are recruiting for a Conveyancing Assistant to support our highly regarded Residential Property and New Homes team in Bristol, working as part of the team to enable it to function effectively and achieve its objectives. To ensure that work done by the team complies with internal quality standards and external requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage an administrative workload under the guidance of fee earners
- Provide administrative support to fee earners including file-opening, telephone management, document production, filing/ archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management and dealing with post
- Draft documents and bills, under supervision, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect fee earner instructions
- Undertake basic legal processes, under supervision, such as assisting to process matters, obtaining relevant documentation, arranging meetings, reviewing funding, completing relevant forms and processing monies
- Correspond with clients as required through telephone, email, letter and face to face
- Deal with new enquiries for the department
- Liaise with developers and new homes agents to keep them appraised of progress on plot sales and purchases
- Skills, Experience, and Attributes
- Previous experience within the conveyancing/property sectors (especially the new build/development sector) would be desirable but not essential
- Excellent organisation capability with the ability to effectively prioritise
- Solid understanding of Microsoft Office suite and other relevant IT platforms
- Strong written communication skills
- Demonstrate a good understanding of client relationship management
Skills, Experience, and Attributes
- Previous experience within the conveyancing/property sectors (especially the new build/development sector) would be desirable but not essential
- Excellent organisation capability with the ability to effectively prioritise
- Solid understanding of Microsoft Office suite and other relevant IT platforms
- Strong written communication skills
- Demonstrate a good understanding of client relationship management