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Senior Conveyancing Assistant

We are looking for a Senior Conveyancing Assistant to support our busy Residential Conveyancing team at either in our Leeds City Centre or Moortown office.

Job Role

At Levi Solicitors, we believe quality and support count – both for our clients and our staff. That’s why we’ve structured our conveyancing department into dedicated teams, with each team having a solicitor / legal executive and a senior conveyancing assistant working on a broad range of conveyancing cases. This provides for an interesting and varied role, with excellent opportunities for personal and professional development. For those who are interested in progressing their career and who have great potential, we can also support you to undertake your CLC courses, though we don’t expect it for those who don’t want to. We appreciate that people have different goals and values, and we’re ready to support you whatever career stage you’re at. Our senior conveyancing assistants work on a high volume of sale and purchase transactions. Main responsibilities include:

• Liaising with clients, solicitors and third parties

• Dealing with routine correspondence including ID checks, mortgage offers and completions

• Dealing with HTB schemes and liaising with HCA submitting new forms for new build transactions

• Obtaining and checking redemption figures

• Preparing transfer documents and requisitions on title

• Preparing files for completion once contracts are exchanged

• Updating the company portal and case management system

Person Specification

We are looking for someone with strong conveyancing experience (ideally three years), with a sound understanding of progressing conveyancing matters, excellent organisational skills and ability to professionally and accurately manage a busy caseload. A passion for quality care and successfully delivering on the task in hand is essential.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary: Market Rate depending on experience

• Health cash plan

• Generous holiday entitlement + Christmas closure + your birthday off + incremental holiday days

• Hybrid working – three days Leeds city centre or Moortown office, two days home

• Support for professional development

• Company pension (Aegon)

• Work/life balance and a supportive work environment

• Cycle scheme

• Savings on travel season tickets

• Casual dress

• Sports and Social and CSR Committees, opportunities for paid volunteering

• Opportunity to make a difference to a growing firm, where new ideas are valued