Eventus Legal are seeking a Junior Residential Conveyancer for a full-time, permanent job with a long-established regional law firm in Malvern, Worcestershire. This fully office-based opportunity is ideal for an experienced Conveyancing Legal Assistant or Conveyancing Paralegal who is ready to progress into fee earning with supervision and support from an established residential property team. Benefits include 23 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays, four additional paid days at Christmas, free on-site parking subject to availability and a workplace pension with The People’s Pension. Salary is dependent on experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a Junior Residential Conveyancer, you will build on your existing conveyancing support experience and gradually develop responsibility for your own residential property files under supervision. Key responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with residential conveyancing transactions from instruction through to completion, taking on increasing responsibility as your experience develops.
• Developing direct client contact and communication skills under the guidance of experienced fee earners.
• Preparing and reviewing transaction documentation, raising and responding to enquiries with supervision, and helping progress matters towards exchange and completion.
• Liaising with estate agents, lenders, solicitors and other parties to help keep transactions moving.
• Maintaining accurate files and developing the confidence to manage your own matters under supervision.

Person Specification

The Junior Residential Conveyancer position is specifically aimed at someone already working as a Conveyancing Legal Assistant or Conveyancing Paralegal who wants to progress into fee earning. You should also be able to demonstrate the following:

• Previous experience working as a Conveyancing Legal Assistant or Conveyancing Paralegal within a residential conveyancing team.
• A sound practical understanding of residential conveyancing transactions gained in a legal support position.
• A genuine ambition to develop fee-earning skills and progress towards running your own files under supervision.
• Strong organisation, attention to detail, client communication skills and a hardworking, collaborative approach.

Benefits and Rewards

This opportunity offers a supported route into fee earning alongside a confirmed holiday, parking and pension package. Benefits and rewards will include:

• 23 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays.
• Four additional days of paid leave at Christmas, allowing the office to close between Christmas and New Year.
• Free on-site parking, available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Workplace pension scheme with The People’s Pension.
• Full-time, permanent, fully office-based working in Malvern.
• Salary dependent on experience.
• Training and supervision from experienced residential conveyancing fee earners, with scope to progress towards managing your own caseload.

About the Law Firm

Our client is a long-established regional law firm offering property and other legal services to individuals and families. It values approachable client service and investment in its staff, premises and technology. The firm supports employees in developing their careers within a friendly and collaborative environment.

Next Steps

Apply now to be considered for this career-enhancing job opportunity. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion about this Junior Residential Conveyancer job in Malvern, Worcestershire, please send your CV to Gemma Clarke at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at gemma.clarke@eventuslegal.com or phone 0121 769 3755 for a confidential discussion. Due to the high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within ten days, unfortunately you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me at the details above for a confidential discussion on your career.

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