Specialist & Commercial Property Assistant

4 weeks ago


Preston, United Kingdom Birchall Blackburn Law Full time

**Job Purpose**:
Working within our Specialist & Commercial Property team you will support a Solicitor in their varied caseload from instruction through to completion and registration. You will be responsible for ensuring you maintain ongoing high performance and deliver a quality, client-focused operation.

You are responsible to ensure the delivery of excellent, added value client service, which continually exceeds client expectations.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Client Management**:

- Maintain and build good professional working relationships with clients, external institutions and organisations
- Develop and improve client service standards, adopting a total customer care culture throughout your team

**Technical Responsibilities**:

- Obtaining title documents
- Assisting with exchanges and completions
- Undertaking relevant searches and prepare Search reports
- Drafting SDLT returns and Transfer Deeds
- Prepare Mortgage Reports
- Liaise with clients and third parties
- Request Redemption statements
- Adhere to and promote compliance with Conveyancing Quality Scheme and the Conveyancing Protocol, the firm’s policies, practices and procedures; legislation applicable to the profession and to any relevant quality standards
- Though training and other means, to keep fully up to date with relevant legislation and practice

You will be working towards:

- Preparing and drafting Contract Packs
- Preparing and drafting Title Reviews
- Identifying and obtaining missing documentation from a review of a file, dealing with enquiries; and checking title documents

**Knowledge & Experience**:

- Previous legal assistant experience within conveyancing required
- Good inter-personal skills, able to deal with all levels within an organisation and relieve potential conflicts
- Able to work accurately and clearly explain technical matters to non technical users in both written and verbal forms
- A client focused approach to service delivery
- Experience in using case management software
- Strong experience in using Microsoft office tools - Word, Excel, Outlook etc.
- Working knowledge of the CQS Protocol, Conveyancing Association Protocol, CML, & BSA Handbooks
- Self-motivated and able to work under pressure to strict deadlines/timescales excellent communication skills and telephone manner
- An attention to detail
- Highly organised
- Flexible

In return, we can offer you a competitive salary and benefits package.

**Hours**: 37.5 hours per week (full time)
**Salary**:Competitive
**Closing Date**: 19 May 2024

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