Are you a paralegal with at least 6 months of conveyancing experience with a qualifying law degree? Are you looking to manage your own caseload and seeking a career opportunity within a leading regional law firm? Then this is the job for you!
Key responsibilities
Our experienced and close-knit Conveyancing Team are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join them. You will have the opportunity to join a team accredited with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme, the mark of excellence for the home buying process. Assisting the residential conveyancing solicitor you will use your excellent communications skills to contact/meet prospective clients, providing them with information about our services and liaise with all parties such as agents, mortgage brokers, lenders, local authorities and Land Registry. You will also carry out pre and post-exchange processes, for example drafting documents, undertaking searches, completing registrations, issuing documents to relevant parties, producing financial statements and typing reports.
This is a great opportunity for a bright enthusiastic individual with proven academic aptitude and have the genuine desire and talent for a career in law. As an able and committed team player you should enjoy legal research and be committed to taking the lead on enhancing your knowledge to ensure you have a strong understanding of the law. You also have a practical problem-solving approach to your work and the ability to think creatively whilst working efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
Please see attached job description for further information.
Skills knowledge and expertise
- You must have at least 6 months experience of working in a similar conveyancing role
- You will have a good overview of residential conveyancing processes and terminology
Qualifications
- Educated to GSCE A-C grade standard in Maths and English (or equivalent)
- Qualifying Law degree and Legal Practice Course (desirable)
Benefits
- Profit Share Scheme: We want all our employees to have a share in the success of the firm. This non contractual bonus is paid in June based on the profit from the previous financial year.
- Private healthcare: You’ll have access to private medical insurance.
- Medicash: You will be enrolled into our scheme which provides cashback on a range of health services.
- Pension: All employees are entitled to join our auto enrolment pension scheme. You will be enrolled in the pension after 3 months of employment dependent on age and salary.
- Generous flexible annual leave: We have a minimum of 25 days across the firm and you will receive an additional day’s holiday after every completed year of service to a total maximum of 30 days. You are also able to carry over up top 5 days of unused holiday entitlement.
- Long service awards: We recognise long service through special lunches, extra time off and a monetary reward.
- Birthday off: If your birthday falls on a working day, you can have that day off as an extra day’s leave.
- Maternity paternity and adoption leave: We include family friendly policies when after two years’ service you will be eligible for our enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
- Death in service insurance: All employees will be entitled to 2 x salary.
- Volunteer sabbatical: We offer our employees up to 2 days paid leave a year to contribute towards our CSR efforts.
- Legal fees: After one years’ service, you will be entitled to a contribution towards legal fees.
- Recruitment incentive: We offer up to £2,000 (dependent on level of seniority) referral bonus to say thank you for introducing a job candidate that becomes employed by J&P and passes their probation.
- Season ticket loan: After probation, you are entitled to apply for an interest free advance for a season ticket to use public transport to reach your place of work.
- Cycle to work scheme: Allows you to make a saving of 25% - 39% on the retail price of a bike.
About judge priestley llp
We are a leading regional law firm, serving a wide range of commercial and private clients across London and the surrounding counties, from our Head Office in Bromley. Established since 1889, we’ve come a long way and today we are a modern, progressive practice, proud of our record on diversity and inclusion and reputation for training and promoting staff from within the business.
At Judge & Priestley, we invest in our expertise. We recruit the best people and we are proud to retain them. Our teams have access to the latest resources and the continuing professional development opportunities they need to remain at the forefront of commercial legal practice.
