Conveyancing Assistant - Abingdon - Oxfordshire

An opportunity has come up for an experienced legal assistant/paralegal to join the conveyancing team at a Solicitors Practice in the Wallingford area of Oxfordshire.

This role will entail providing support to fee earners in the team, with a particular focus with the back end of the conveyancing process, from exchange up until completion.

Duties may include things such as:-

- Taking a key role in handling files from exchange to completion

- Keeping clients and other interested parties updated on status of the transaction

- Drafting completion statements

- Ordering searches

- Requesting redemption figures

- General admin such as filing, photocopying, cheque requests and dealing with incoming and outgoing post.

- Carrying out registrations at the land registry

- Dealing with SDLT submissions

- General admin tasks required within the team to contribute to the efficiency of the department.

The successful candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate upwards of 3 years experience of working in a support capacity, such as a legal secretary or a legal assistant, within a conveyancing team.

In addition to a good knowledge of the conveyancing process, you will be a confident and personable communicator with a friendly personality in order to fit into the existing team and to provide a consistently high level of service to the firms clients.

The firm will offer an attractive benefits package including a good salary (based on experience and regularly reviewed to ensure it keeps pace with your development and responsibilities), 26 days annual leave a year and a generous Pension scheme amongst other perks.

Please apply ASAP using the links or get in touch with Greg Whittaker at GWR Legal Recruitment for further details.