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Main Responsibilities

• Act as a technical specialist within the conveyancing team.
• Manage complex residential conveyancing transactions from instruction through to completion.
• Handle freehold and leasehold sale and purchase transactions.
• Deal with new build and shared ownership transactions.
• Deal with transfers of equity and remortgages.
• Check and report on title, identifying and resolving technical issues where appropriate.
• Deal with complex title issues, including drafting transfers of part, overage agreements, option agreements, rural transactions, drafting new leases, deeds of easements and transactions involving Trusts.
• Manage high-volume caseloads in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Handle more technical or escalated conveyancing matters.
• Work with developers, lenders, referrers and housebuilder clients.
• Provide technical guidance and support to paralegals, junior colleagues and wider team members.
• Support file reviews, compliance, risk management and quality control.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, work providers, referrers, lenders, developers, housebuilders and suppliers.
• Deliver a high standard of customer care to all clients and work providers.
• Support team performance, process improvement and technical knowledge sharing.

Essential

Skills and experience

• Significant experience in residential conveyancing.
• Strong technical knowledge of the conveyancing process.
• Experience handling unregistered, freehold and leasehold sale and purchase transactions.
• Experience of new build transactions, shared ownership transactions, transfer of equity and remortgages.
• Confident checking and reporting on title.
• Experienced in handling complex conveyancing transactions including drafting transfers of part, overage agreements, option agreements, rural transactions, ng new leases, deeds of variation, deeds of easements and handling transactions involving Trusts.
• To have experience in dealing with high value properties and high net worth clients and to be able to offer a bespoke customer service to meet those client needs.
• Ability to manage high-volume caseloads with minimal supervision.
• Experience handling more technical or escalated conveyancing matters.
• Experience working with developers, lenders, referrers or housebuilder clients.
• Ability to supervise, support or mentor junior team members.
• Good understanding of file reviews, compliance, risk management and quality control.
• Strong client relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and conveyancing/case management systems.

Desirable

• Experience supporting process improvement, technical training or knowledge sharing across a conveyancing team.
• Previous team supervision or formal management experience.

Equal opportunities

Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.

This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.