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 Conveyancing Manager to join our Swiitch team in either Solent or Northampton.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong residential conveyancing experience who is confident managing a varied caseload, supporting colleagues and ensuring transactions are progressed efficiently and to a high standard.
You will oversee conveyancing transactions from instruction through to completion, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and quality requirements while delivering excellent client service. You will also support paralegals and colleagues within the team, helping to maintain efficient processes, quality standards and a consistent approach to client delivery.
This role would suit an experienced Conveyancing Manager, Senior Conveyancer, or an experienced Conveyancer looking to step into a role with more responsibility.
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.
Further information on the Disability Confident scheme is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to and usable by everyone. If you have a disability or long-term condition and would like to receive information in a different way, or need us to make any adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please get in touch with the Talent Acquisition team on [email protected]. We can consider your needs and requirements, and how we can assist you to apply for our roles. For example we can provide a copy of our application via email so that you can complete it using your own accessibility software.
Main Responsibilities
- Manage residential conveyancing transactions from instruction through to completion.
- Handle a range of residential conveyancing transactions, including freehold, leasehold, unregistered and new build sale and purchase matters.
- Check and report on title, identifying and escalating technical or risk issues where appropriate.
- Deal with complex title issues, including restrictions, easements, covenants and defects.
- Manage high-volume caseloads in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
- Supervise and support paralegals and junior colleagues, ensuring efficient transaction processes and systems.
- Support file reviews, compliance, risk management and quality control.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with clients, work providers, referrers, lenders, developers, housebuilders and suppliers.
- Manage referrals from key accounts and support positive working relationships with suppliers.
- Help ensure deadlines, service standards and internal targets are met.
- Deliver a high standard of customer care to all clients and work providers.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to support team performance and continuous improvement.
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Strong experience in residential conveyancing.
- Ability to manage a varied residential conveyancing caseload with minimal supervision.
- Experience handling freehold and leasehold sale and purchase transactions.
- Experience of new build transactions.
- Confident checking and reporting on title.
- Experience dealing with complex title issues, including restrictions, easements, covenants and defects.
- Experience managing high-volume caseloads in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with developers, lenders, referrers or housebuilder clients.
- Ability to supervise, support or mentor paralegals and 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 of shared ownership matters.
- Experience of transfers of equity.
- Experience of remortgages.
- Experience handling more technical or escalated conveyancing matters.
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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