Please note: This role will be office based five days a week during probation. There may be an opportunity for agile working following successful completion of probation.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Conveyancer to join our Swiitch team in either Solent or Northampton.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical residential conveyancing experience who is confident handling complex matters, supporting colleagues and providing high-quality technical guidance across the team.
You will act as a technical specialist within the conveyancing team, supporting more complex transactions, escalated queries, risk matters and quality standards. You will work closely with colleagues to ensure files are progressed efficiently, client service remains high, and technical or compliance issues are identified and managed appropriately.
This role would suit an experienced Senior Conveyancer, Technical Conveyancer, Conveyancing Manager, or an experienced residential property specialist who is confident dealing with more complex and technical conveyancing work.
The team
Shoosmiths’ Conveyancing Team, Swiitch, offers a highly professional conveyancing service designed to make the process of buying or selling property as efficient and stress-free as possible for clients. Shoosmiths remains the largest firm of conveyancing solicitors accredited under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
The firm
Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters. From offices across the UK and Brussels, we support some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact. We empower our people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The first top 50 law firm to achieve ‘Platinum Standard’ Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm.
We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration system. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.
Shoosmiths is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident is a government scheme designed to encourage employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme replaced the Two Ticks Positive about Disabled People scheme. We had been accredited as a two tick employer for many years - Disability Confident broadens and develops that original commitment, and demonstrates we have adopted a proactive approach to employing disabled people and developing their abilities.
As part of our accreditation, we commit to interviewing any applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for each vacancy. In some circumstances we may only be able to interview those that best meet the essential criteria due to the volume of applications received.
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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.
Skills and experience
Essential
- 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.
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.
If you’d like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
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