Location: Harrogate
Salary Range: Competitive dependant on experience
Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm 5 days a week.
As a Conveyancing Assistant, you'll manage your own caseload of residential matters while delivering a strong profitable contribution to the department. You'll provide cost effective conveyancing support to the team leader and other fee earners in the team. We'll look to you to undertake fee earning work and provide a profitable contribution to the work of the department. You'll play an active role in the continuing evolution of the firm, bringing fresh ideas and improvements that enhance our client service and operational efficiency, while also engaging in your own continuous professional development.
Main Areas of responsibilities:
We believe in attracting, developing, retaining, and rewarding the best people by providing stimulating work opportunities for career development and progression at all levels within the firm. This includes:
- Undertake certain elements of fee earning work under supervision, in particular:
- File creation.
- Generation of suitable client care correspondence.
- Completion of client questionnaires
- The jobholder is not designated as a matter handler for file review purposes and does not therefore have his/her own file caseload.
- Deal wherever possible with routine client enquiries and communications.
- Manage the collation of matter start and matter completion data.
- Deputise for the designated fee earner in his/her absence, passing urgent issues to another senior fee earner for guidance.
- To manage all client work allocated by the head of department and in accordance with detailed procedures and quality standards set by the firm from time to time.
- To ensure that all client work is progressed expeditiously, and that the client is kept regularly informed on progress and on costs.
- At all times to exercise high standards of client care in a professional and pleasant manner.
- To ensure the confidentiality and security of all the firm’s and client documentation and information.
- To comply with the Solicitors Accounts Rules and the Rules on the Professional Conduct of Solicitors.
- In liaison with Head of department to be active in promoting the services of the firm and its image and ethos.
- In liaison with Head of department to take active part in the marketing, promotion, and development of the department.
- To maintain clear and precise communications with other personnel of the firm.
- To ensure good working relationships with external institutions and organisations.
Benefits:
- 25 days of holiday plus your birthday off
- Continuous professional development
- Wellbeing Hours
- Health Cash Plan
- Group Life Assurance
- Pension Contribution
- Yulife
Skills:
- A pleasant but assertive manner in dealing with colleagues and clients, tact, and resilience.
- Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing.
- Efficient and well organised with good control of diary systems and competence in the firm’s computer facilities.
Find out more about working with us
Find out more about our staff benefits and our approach to Health and wellbeing.
If you believe you can bring something special to our team please contact careers at the following email careers@lcf.co.uk with a covering letter and CV.
