Residential Conveyancing Legal Assistant

Sacco Mann are currently working on an exciting opportunity with an award-winning Northeast law firm looking to bring an experienced Legal Assistant to their highly successful Conveyancing team. This role would suit a candidate who is working as a legal assistant or secretary within a residential conveyancing department and who is ready to take a step up.

The Role

You will be assisting fee earners in the team with a broad range of conveyancing transactions. This role allows you to work closer with experienced fee earners and gives you the opportunity to learn more about conveyancing.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing quotations and opening files
• Assisting in the progress of sale, purchase, and remortgage cases
• Compiling draft contract packs
• Ordering redemption statements
• Preparing mortgage reports
• Liaising with and updating clients, other parties' solicitors, and estate agents
• Using and updating LMS/Lender Exchange/ULS platforms

About You

• Previous experience of supporting a fee earner with all aspects of conveyancing transactions (or previous secretarial experience within a conveyancing department)
• Confident communication with a range of clients and persons involved in the transaction/completion processes
• Driven to develop a long-term career in residential conveyancing

What's in it for you?

• 23 days holiday, plus additional bank holidays per annum (increasing to 26 days and again after 5 years' service)
• Buy and Sell Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Attendance bonus
• Life Assurance (following 1 year's service)
• Travel to work schemes
• Annual Flu Jab and Eyecare Scheme

If you are interested in this Residential Conveyancing Legal Assistant role in Newcastle, then please get in touch with Chloe Murphy on 0113 467 9783 to find out more information. If you have a CV to hand, please submit this for review. To hear about other legal opportunities that we have available, please visit our website. Alternatively, if you know anybody who would be suitable for this role, then please let them or us know as we offer a reward for successful referrals. For full terms, please visit our website.

Please note our advertisements use PQE and salary level purely as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.