Remote Working Conveyancer / Fee Earner

Clayton legal; Manchester; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

My client is a well-respected and established national law firm who are experiencing a significant period of growth.

They are currently looking for experienced Residential Conveyancers, qualified Solicitors, Conveyancers or Legal Executives to join their team.

You will be working within a high volume residential conveyancing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Run a substantial caseload and perform a full range of tasks
2. Act independently when establishing priorities and managing deadlines
3. Work well within a team and mentor others
4. Utilise your extensive experience and knowledge of residential conveyancing
5. Assist team members as and when required
6. Communicate, and build, relationships with clients and third parties in a professional and knowledgeable manner
7. Provide excellent customer service
8. Assist the team to ensure company targets are met

You will be dealing with a personal caseload of residential property files, and you will have fantastic communication skills both orally and written.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Complete tasks efficiently, accurately and within specified timescales, such as:
1. Managing a substantial caseload of freehold and leasehold transactions (circa 100) including new build, unregistered and shared ownership properties, until such time as your manager deems it appropriate to increase your portfolio of cases
2. Processing and dealing with post in a timely manner
3. Checking contract documentation, mortgage offers and search results
4. Replying to complex legal enquiries
5. Resolving complex queries which are raised on files by colleagues, both onshore and offshore, and third parties
6. Understand and produce accurate financial statements
7. Understand the ledgers within Visual Files & Practice Manager
8. Dealing with exchange of contracts and completion of transactions
9. Processing tasks such as Conflict of Interest letters, cares calls to the client, contract checks, mortgage reports and search results, replying to freehold and leasehold enquiries
10. Daily task list management
11. Identifying, monitoring and achieving targets on a monthly basis by using Management Information Reports such as Case Referral and Phone Manager
12. Utilise Management Information reports for housekeeping of files
13. Recognising potential risks and when to report them to a senior member
14. Work to and maintain Service Level Agreements

Additional Skills:

1. Manage telephone calls
2. Understand and report on complex legal issues and documentation
3. Actively communicate with clients, recommenders, conveyancers, agents and third parties
4. Ability to check, draft and produce accurate comprehensive documentation for clients, professional persons and third parties

Benefits include full remote working using the best tech, 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays and a range of other benefits.

Salary will be £35k to £45k dependent on experience plus achievable bonus up to £15k.

To apply for this Fully Remote Residential Conveyancer role please forward your CV to [e-mail] or call Tracy Carlisle 0161 6147 357.