HM Land Registry
Assistant Land Registrar - Weymouth
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Job Summary
It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry as we continue a major transformation programme. HM Land Registry's ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.
We are now looking for 2 lawyers to join our Land Registration Lawyers team in Weymouth to play a vital role in the delivery of first-class legal services to support HM Land Registry’s ambition.
Job Description
Working as part of a national team of lawyers in the Service Delivery Group function, you will work collaboratively with colleagues based in your local office and across 14 offices throughout England and Wales.
- You will manage a varied caseload of complex and sensitive cases and help to deliver HM Land Registry’s business objectives.
- You will support HM Land Registry’s purpose to protect land ownership and provide services and data that underpin an efficient and informed property market by providing legal and technical advice.
- You will make key decisions, giving direction in the most complex cases on matters such as land ownership, rights, interests affecting land, indemnity, complaints and disputed applications.
- You will provide clear and visible leadership across the Organisation, actively promoting HM Land Registry's ambition, mission and values and role-modelling its culture.
All our roles are office based; however, we currently also offer some opportunities for home working. The current expectation for office attendance is that all team members spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office.
These roles are based only in our Weymouth office. Training and 60% attendance will be required at the Weymouth office and there is no provision to undertake this role at other HM Land Registry sites. Relocation packages are not available for this role.
The initial training period for this role generally takes around 9 months followed by a further period of consolidation.
During training there may be a requirement to spend more than 60% of the time in the office at certain times and depending on the needs of the training programme.
Working as part of a national team of lawyers, you may be required to travel to other HM Land Registry offices as required from time to time, subject to business need.
Person Specification
To take up a post, you must be qualified to practise as a Solicitor or Barrister in England and Wales or be a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives by the date of your application.
Due to the breadth of the role, unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from Licensed Conveyancers who are not also qualified Solicitors, Barristers or Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
We are looking for applicants with proven legal professional and/or Land Registration skills who can exercise sound judgement to reach effective decisions quickly and manage risk.
We offer flexible working hours, the minimum number of hours if not full-time are 30 hours/4 days per week.
Land Registration Lawyers are corporate leaders within HM Land Registry with particular focus on coaching in local offices in addition to handling a varied and busy workload. The successful candidates will require strong communication and interpersonal skills and will play a vital part in delivering the first-class legal services HM Land Registry needs as we transform into a digital organisation.
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Qualifications
Qualified at time of application to practise as a Solicitor/Barrister or FCILEx in England and Wales.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Developing Self and Others
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
Alongside your salary of £67,119, HM Land Registry contributes £19,444 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Selection Process Details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
To apply, please paste your CV into the online form to include your qualifications and relevant roles (with main duties / key responsibilities only please); removing any personal details as the sift process is anonymous.
At application stage you will be required to submit a Personal Statement with no more than 500 words, to demonstrate the below leading criteria (using specific examples):
- Proven ability to identify key issues in complex cases, and make pragmatic decisions based on sound legal judgement and expertise in using evidence.
Within the role specific question boxes, please provide evidence (using specific examples) of how you demonstrate the following “essential experience” criteria, from the attached job description, in no more than 500 words each for the three areas:
- Proven ability to work and deliver results effectively as part of a team, including under pressure with a broad workload and competing demands.
- Proven ability to lead others, supporting colleagues in their learning and development whilst still prioritising and pursuing your own development.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to a variety of audiences and in different contexts and situations.
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date, with interviews taking place in person at our Weymouth Office during the week commencing 23 November 2026.
If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend an interview and discuss a technical scenario, pre-reading will be provided in advance of the interview, to enable you to prepare for this. Further details will be provided on invitation to interview.
The interview will test the technical skills, experience and behaviours listed in the job description.
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage may be invited to attend an interview. If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
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Visa Sponsorship
Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa.
You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.
Nationality Requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Contact Point for Applicants
Job Contact
- Name: Emma Greenwood
- Email: Emma.Greenwood@landregistry.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/
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