The role
This is a 6 month fixed term contract role.
To be competent in the technical elements necessary to provide a comprehensive and compliant conveyancing service within a recoveries environment with a client and customer service focus.
Main responsibilities
- To verify legal titles to all freehold and leasehold properties and be able to identify title/property issues.
- Understand the conveyancing process from initial instruction to completion.
- Manage a workload effectively and ensure that files are run in an orderly manner with minimum administrative and accounting errors.
- Comply with all regulatory requirements such as money laundering and data protection at all times.
- Deal with difficult telephone conversations with any of the key stakeholders in the conveyancing process confidently and calmly and refer as appropriate.
- To be aware of associated areas of law impacting the Team’s delivery of its service
- To recognise any potential issues in cases and refer these appropriately
- To achieve and maintain an up to date task list
- Maintain accurate and timely case updates within internal case management systems.
Skills and qualifications
The role holder will need the following skills and experience
Desirable
- Legal qualification or working towards eg LLB/SQE
- Regulatory knowledge
- Familiar with conveyancing processes
Essential
- Minimum - English and Maths GCSEs,
- A high attention to detail and accuracy - Taking care and attention into all correspondence and documentation
- Previous legal experience in conveyancing or in a conveyancing environment.
- Self-confidence and ability to demonstrate initiative
- Ability to grasp things quickly and easily, and self-motivated
- Enthusiastic with a positive, can do attitude, friendly and helpful approach
Equal opportunities
Solaris Law is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. 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.
Pre-Employment Screening
Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. These checks will include employment references covering the last 5 years, proof of ID, proof of address covering the last 5 years, Personnel Vetting credit search (which will only highlight insolvency or County Court Judgments - should any adverse data show on the Personnel Vetting search then any offer of employment made will be withdrawn).Terrorism Check (against data supplied by the Bank of England) and a DBS check previously known as a Criminal Records check.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Manchester M1 6ET
