My legal client is looking a Conveyancing Assistant based in their Northampton office.

Monday to Friday 9:00 – 5:15

Salary: £24,000k (flexible on experience)

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Monthly holiday bonus scheme (extra days holiday for each monthly income target achieved for
region)

The successful Conveyancing Assistant will work alongside an experienced fee earner in a busy
conveyancing environment. You will assist on a full and varied caseload of freehold/leasehold sales and purchase, re-mortgage, transfers of equity, right to buy and shared ownership schemes from start to finish.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Dealing with queries raised by clients, solicitors, lenders and estate agents, whether face to face, by telephone or by email.
• Making detailed attendance notes of all correspondence
• Opening and closing files on our CMS
• Taking Client instructions, carry out AML checks, source of funds and gifts checks etc.
• Ensuring files on CMS are updated with all correspondence.
• Applying GDPR and SRA regulations, following Lexcel and firm procedures.
• Administrative support (including photocopying and scanning etc)
• Preparing quotes to clients
• Drafting completion statements
• Requesting mortgage redemption figures and mortgage advances
• Assist Fee Earner in preparing report on title, report on mortgage and search report for clients
• Issuing sale contracts
• Replying to sales enquiries on freehold and leasehold properties
• Ordering searches online
• Setting up completions
• Post completion admin
• Drafting AP1s
• Using Land Registry portal to submit registration applications, reply to requisitions
• Generate Stamp Duty Land Tax calculations and submit applications
• Preparing and submitting invoices, receipts and payments to the finance team

A previous background in a conveyancing department is required.

If you would like to know more about this vacancy, please contact me via 0161 641 2443 or email

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This role is posted on behalf of The Recruitment Co., a sister company of Blue Arrow.