Conveyancing Paralegal / Law Graduate Role

Job Location	Somerset
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	Competitive salary
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent , full-time

Job Description

Our client has been providing high quality legal advice to families and businesses across the region for many years. Offering a full range of legal services delivered professionally yet personally, placing great value on the on-going relationships they havewith clients. Providing a welcoming and helpful service, with clear communication at the heart of everything they do.Owing to volume of work, on behalf of our client we are looking to recruit a Conveyancing Paralegal, you can be based from the Crewkerne, Honiton or Taunton office. This is an office based job. The position would suit a Law Graduate keen to start their careeror a Conveyancing Paralegal with experience.For the role you will manage a busy workload and must be able to use you own initiative and work well under pressure. You will also support members of the Residential Conveyancing Department, who may themselves work in a different office, by means of winscribedigital dictation together with assisting with Reception cover (in your place of work) at lunchtime and in the event of absence.The successful candidate will need to be able to:

Assist in the progression of a conveyancing transaction to include:
Exchanging contracts and dealing with completions; Preparation of contracts, transfers, trust deeds and correspondence; Dealing with completion statements; Raising solicitor’s invoices; Drawing up contracts; Taking instructions from and liaising with clients;Undertake on-line searches; and Complete Land Registry and SDLT forms on-line
Provide secretarial assistance to residential conveyancing lawyers based in your place of work and remotely as required
Participate in rotas for the purposes of Reception/Post/DX cover
Deal with telephone calls in a confident manner providing clear, accurate and up to date information
Produce documents using the firm’s case management software
Demonstrate good administrative skills with good attention to detail
Demonstrate good organisation skills
Demonstrate effective communication skills, both written and spoken
Cope well under pressure, with an ability to work flexibly and cope with changing priorities
Take a positive and proactive approach to work, anticipating and meeting the needs of the department
Be receptive to receiving and acting on instructions given by immediate supervisor
Be competent in using Word and other Microsoft Products (Outlook and Powerpoint)

This is an excellent opportunity to become an integral member of the Residential Conveyancing Department and to thrive in a professional and friendly environment.Please get in touch if you would like more information about this role or send your CV via the form below in complete confidence and we will get back to you.Legal Southwest will never, without exception, send out your CV without your prior knowledge or consent so please be assured that we treat every application with the utmost confidentiality.

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