Solicitor/ Legal Executive/ Licenced Conveyancer - Conveyancing - Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Smith Partnership is a leading law firm in the East Midlands. A forward thinking and progressive company employing over 200 staff throughout 6 offices.

An opportunity has become available at our Longton Office in Stoke-on-Trent, for a full time Solicitor/ Legal Executive/ Licenced Conveyancer working within our Conveyancing Department.

Purpose & Objective of Job:

• Fee Earning activities relating to Conveyancing matters
• To promote the image of the Firm at all times as a professional, effective and efficient provider of legal services

Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities:

CLIENT LIAISON

• Attending and advising clients in relating to Conveyancing matters, such as sales, purchases – freehold and leasehold, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, shared ownership, new builds, including: -
• Taking instructions
• Drafting/Reviewing Contracts
• Reviewing title and search results
• Reporting to Clients
• Liaising  with other Solicitors, Building Societies, Estate Agents, Financial Advisors, Banks, etc
• Attendance on clients in person and by telephone
• Exchange of Contracts
• Completion
• Post Completion Work
• Land Registration
• Dealing with all Financial matters in connection with the above.
• At all times complying with the requirements of Conveyancing Quality Scheme

GENERAL OFFICE PROCEDURES/SUPERVISION

• Opening and Closing Files
• Compliance including AML/ID and Due Diligence
• File Maintenance
• LMS and Lender Exchange
• Minerva Onboarding
• Infotrack
• Monitoring ledgers and liasing with the Accounts department regarding outstanding amounts
• Supervision of secretarial staff/monitoring of workloads

Experience Required:

• 2 years PQE of conveyancing experience/Legal Executive experience
• Solicitor
• Licenced Conveyancer
• Requiring Minimal Supervision
• Ability and involvement with business development

Knowledge Required:

• Current knowledge of conveyancing legislation

Skills And Personal Attributes Required:

• Capable of working autonomously

Qualifications Required:

• CILEX qualified
• Qualified as a Solicitor
• Licenced Conveyancer

This Job Description covers the current range of duties and will be reviewed from time to time. Smith Partnership reserve the right to change the Job Description if the business requires it.  

This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive East Midlands law firm and to work as part of a challenging and friendly team. Applications strictly via email enclosing a current CV and covering letter to (recruitment@smithpartnership.co.uk).

No Agencies please. Smith Partnership request that recruitment agencies do not speculatively submit CVs to us unless explicitly asked to do so by our HR team.

Any CVs sent to us on a speculative basis will not be recognised and we will not accept liability for any fee or commission should we subsequently employ a candidate who applied to us directly or was introduced by another agency, that may also have been submitted speculatively by an uninstructed agency.

In the event that an agency's correspondence includes a disclaimer indicating otherwise, our policy above will prevail.