Pre-exchange Paralegal

**About the Role**

Strive Law is an ambitious, boutique, innovative, vibrant, forward-thinking legal services company based in beautiful offices directly above The Secret Garden in the stunning surroundings of Mersham-le-Hatch Business Village, Hythe Road, Ashford (close to both Ashford and Hythe). There is parking for all staff on site along with other facilities within the office.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Pre-Exchange Paralegal / Case Officer to join our Team with a supportive and ambitious leadership team, making now a really exciting time to join us and allow us to offer you wholehearted support at all times in your role with us.

This role covers 08.30 - 17.00 (or 9.00 to 5.30 if required) Monday to Friday and is inclusive of a one-hour lunch break.

**About Strive Law**

It was founded by two lawyers with a combined specialist experience of over 25 years in the UK residential conveyancing market, with a particular specialism in the new homes conveyancing and high street and commercial conveyancing market.

We currently have 16 staff, made up of 7 lawyers, all supported by a pre-exchange team, a completions team, a registrations team and a compliance team.

It is not rocket science to work out that with any professional service business model built purely on volume, customer service is often the first casualty. As such, Strive Law employs a business model that’s not built on commoditising our clients or their transactions. Our model is built on employing staff with the time to be able to identify the unique requirements of our clients and any unique qualities of their particular matter.

Strive Law sensibly applies strict limits to the amount of new matters our lawyers and assistant teams can take on each month, so that they can focus on providing a quality service for all our clients, all of the time, as well as allowing them to be available throughout the deal to other stakeholders in it, such as the estate agent and mortgage brokers.

Strive Law manages to place the utmost importance not only to its service to its clients but also to the welfare of its staff, providing a second-to-none working environment. We nurture this culture to ensures our staff are valued, respected, and happy in their work.

We work hard to maintain loyalty and trust amongst our staff by fostering a collegiate atmosphere, promoting a firm-wide default position of decency, alongside promoting a policy of a good work / life balance.

**Key Duties of the Role**
- Consistently delivering a high standard of work within a team to meet the needs of our clients and the timescales required by our clients and the firm’s work providers
- Progressing files from instruction to exchange of contracts
- Reporting to clients on important documentation
- Ensuring all necessary requirements/legal obligations are met throughout the transaction
- Chasing outstanding documentation
- Updating checklists and charts for internal and external use
- Ensuring Firm policy and procedure is adhered to during the transaction
- Participate in all the required professional CPD training programmes
- To administer daily work within the restrictions of GDPR, Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme and Solicitors Regulation Authority
- To undertake additional tasks as deemed reasonable to meet the needs of the team in the delivery of excellent client service

**Requirements for the Role**
- Ability to prioritise your workload and work calmly even when busy
- Use IT systems efficiently
- Produce accurate work and have a keen eye for detail
- Have a willingness to learn and develop expertise knowledge is essential as the legal industry is constantly evolving
- In a busy office, a polite and professional approach is a must
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Experience using a case management system is desirable
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs A - C/9-4 or equivalent is essential
- Previous legal admin experience, preferably in conveyancing, is desirable but not essential

**Benefits and Salary**
- Company pension scheme
- Ability to work for home for a small part of the week (but only once **fully** established and mastering the role)
- Employee benefits scheme

We are therefore looking for positive, enthusiastic individuals with a “can do” attitude to join our business, who wish to be part of our success.

Full training will be provided. You must be eligible to work in the UK.
- We are an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We can provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request. Information received relating to these accommodations will be addressed confidentially._

**Salary**: £22,500.00-£24,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 31/10/2022