Vacancy Description: Conveyancing Assistant – Conveyancing Department
Location: Middleton Office
Hours: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm - Monday to Friday (1 Hour Lunch)
Salary: Negotiable depending upon experience.
We have a vacancy for a Conveyancing Assistant to work in our busy Conveyancing Department based at our Middleton office.
The role requires excellent communication, organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and attention to detail.
Conveyancing experience is essential.
The role is customer focused and offers a varied working day.
Job role
Working within a busy office with a friendly team of people, you will be expected to carry out the following duties:
- To provide a friendly, knowledgeable and professional service to our clients
- Telephone and personal interaction with clients and telephone contacts with other solicitors and professionals and assisting clients on procedural points
- Taking payments from clients
- Setting up payments to be sent on the online banking system
- Organisation of post and emails on behalf of the fee earner and taking messages
- Maintenance of a diary for the fee earner
- Opening files and attending to standard paperwork
- Use of the online case management system on the fee earners instructions
Skills Required
- Needs an ability to multi task and work under pressure with a considerate and kind manner
- Good organisational skills
- Excellent attention to detail (accuracy essential)
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Good IT skills
- Ability to work well within a team
GCSE level at Grade C and above (or equivalent) in the main academic subjects such as English and Maths.
Firm Details
The traditions and values, which first established Russell & Russell as an early pioneer of legal services continues to serve us well today. We still provide friendly, professional advice in the manner a traditional high street law firm would, but this is now blended with a 21st Century approach. We are Lexcel, CQS, WIQS accredited.
The practice has 200 people and has grown organically to incorporate nine offices stretching across the North West; two in Bolton and one in Atherton, Bury, Chester, Farnworth, Horwich, Middleton and Westhoughton. Although we pride ourselves on being a regional firm, a number of our departments service clients throughout England and Wales.
The firm holds a number of industry related accreditations across all its service areas, in particular the Lexcel Practice Management Standard.
Web Site: http://www.russellrussell.co.uk
What we offer
- Competitive salary
- Pension scheme
- Attendance bonus
- Workplace nursery scheme
- 25 days a year plus bank holidays and an accrual system after 2 years
- Birthday holiday
- Northern Rail discount scheme
- Cycle2Work scheme
- Referral schemes (PI, Conveyancing, Family & Wills/Probate)
- Discounted Services (Conveyancing, Family & Wills)
- Staff Introduction Scheme (Refer a success applicant and get £500)
- Monthly Raffle Draw – 1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes
- Dress down once a month (linked to a chosen charity)
- Annual Christmas Party & Events
- Charity fundraisers
Training & Development
- Training and development opportunities
- Internal workshops
- Compliance webinars
Applications: To apply, please click the button below to complete the application form and attach your CV.