Conveyancer – Job Description

Main purpose of role

1. To act for conveyancing clients on behalf of RMNJ.

Levels of role

1. Conveyancer

2. Senior Conveyancer

Key tasks

Undertake all aspects of the conveyancing process, supervise and delegate work to Conveyancing Assistants. In particular (non-exhaustive list);

Conveyancer Level

➢ Thorough knowledge and experience of dealing with all aspects of Conveyancing

process

➢ Work with and under the supervision of a Senior Conveyancer

➢ Deal with residential conveyancing transactions from start to finish, acting for both private

clients and limited companies

➢ Deal with different types of transactions, including Freehold, Leasehold, New Build,

Shared Ownership, Help to Buy and Non-statutory Lease Extensions

➢ Responsible for ‘signing off’ files for exchange and completion

➢ Work with the Senior Conveyancer to achieve financial target set for the year and help

supervise and develop the Conveyancing Assistant in the team

➢ Take over full responsibility for the team in the Senior Conveyancer’s absence

➢ Act honestly and diligently and at all times abide by the relevant professional codes of

conduct that may from time to time be in force

Senior Conveyancer

➢ Extensive knowledge and experience of dealing with all aspects of Conveyancer level

➢ Head up a Team of 3, working with and supervising a Conveyancer and Conveyancing Assistant

➢ Responsible for allocation of work within the Team

➢ Responsibility for all files opened under their name, for completions and achieving

financial target set for the year

➢ Responsible for development and progression of the Conveyancer and Conveyancing

Assistant

➢ Awareness and involvement of business development

➢ Identify training needs within the Team

Working conditions

Pay: £32,000.00 - £34,000.00 Conveyancer and £34,000.00 - £38,000.00 Senior Conveyancer

Hours of work: 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday

Holiday entitlement: Four weeks paid holiday per year [exclusive of bank holidays]

Conveyancer – Job Description

Main purpose of role

1. To act for conveyancing clients on behalf of RMNJ.

Levels of role

1. Conveyancer

2. Senior Conveyancer

Key tasks

Undertake all aspects of the conveyancing process, supervise and delegate work to Conveyancing Assistants. In particular (non-exhaustive list);

Conveyancer Level

➢ Thorough knowledge and experience of dealing with all aspects of Conveyancing

process

➢ Work with and under the supervision of a Senior Conveyancer

➢ Deal with residential conveyancing transactions from start to finish, acting for both private

clients and limited companies

➢ Deal with different types of transactions, including Freehold, Leasehold, New Build,

Shared Ownership, Help to Buy and Non-statutory Lease Extensions

➢ Responsible for ‘signing off’ files for exchange and completion

➢ Work with the Senior Conveyancer to achieve financial target set for the year and help

supervise and develop the Conveyancing Assistant in the team

➢ Take over full responsibility for the team in the Senior Conveyancer’s absence

➢ Act honestly and diligently and at all times abide by the relevant professional codes of

conduct that may from time to time be in force

Senior Conveyancer

➢ Extensive knowledge and experience of dealing with all aspects of Conveyancer level

➢ Head up a Team of 3, working with and supervising a Conveyancer and Conveyancing Assistant

➢ Responsible for allocation of work within the Team

➢ Responsibility for all files opened under their name, for completions and achieving

financial target set for the year

➢ Responsible for development and progression of the Conveyancer and Conveyancing

Assistant

➢ Awareness and involvement of business development

➢ Identify training needs within the Team

Working conditions

Pay: £32,000.00 - £34,000.00 Conveyancer and £34,000.00 - £38,000.00 Senior Conveyancer

Hours of work: 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday

Holiday entitlement: Four weeks paid holiday per year [exclusive of bank holidays]

Conveyancing Assistant

Main purpose of role

1. To provide administrative support and work under the supervision of a Senior Conveyancer.

2. Working in a team of 3 consisting of Senior Conveyancer, Conveyancer and Assistant

Levels of role

1. Junior Assistant

2. Assistant

3. Senior Assistant

Key tasks

Undertake administrative elements of the conveyancing process and certain elements of Conveyancer level work under supervision. In particular (non-exhaustive list);

Junior Assistant Level

➢ Entering new files on the file list

➢ Acknowledging and processing estate agent memorandum of sales

➢ Obtaining Land Registry documentation from the online portal

➢ Preparing the Contract Pack on sale transactions

➢ Applying for redemption statements

➢ Applying for searches on purchase transactions

➢ Applying for Land Registry searches on purchase transactions

➢ Preparing files for completion including the production of Accounts Completion Packs

➢ Co-ordinating the completion day on both sale and purchase transactions

➢ Deal with incoming calls to the Team, provide updates when required and do best to resolve client queries.

Assistant Level

➢ Good experience of dealing with all aspects of Junior Assistant Level

➢ Dealing with pre-contract enquiries raised by the buyer’s solicitors on sale transactions

➢ Co-ordinating exchange of contracts on both sale and purchase transactions

➢ Reviewing Source of Funds and Stamp Duty Forms on purchase transactions

➢ Reviewing and reporting on search results on purchase transactions

➢ Reviewing and reporting on mortgage offers on purchase transactions

➢ Deal with any pre-completion mortgage conditions on purchase transactions

➢ Prepare the contract documentation for the clients to sign on purchase transactions

➢ Prepare completion statements on both sale and purchase transactions

Senior Assistant Level

➢ Thorough knowledge and experience of dealing with all aspects of both Junior and Assistant level

➢ Under supervision, undertaking title checks on purchase transactions

➢ Reviewing replies to pre-contract enquiries on purchase transactions

➢ Running both sale and purchase files from start to finish

➢ Deliver to the Senior Conveyancer/Conveyancer files that have been prepared for ‘sign off’ to be checked

Working conditions Pay: £21,000.00 Junior, £23,000 Assistant and £25,000.00 Senior Hours of work: 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday Holiday entitlement: Four weeks paid holiday per year [exclusive of bank holidays]