Residential Property Paralegal

Job Title: Residential Property Paralegal

Location, Chelmsford, Essex

Salary: to £40,000 + Excellent Benefits

Established law firm based in Chelmsford are looking for a very experienced residential property paralegal / conveyancer to take over an existing client base and manage a couple of junior paralegals within the team. It is essential that you are confident in managing large caseloads and assistants at different levels of experience. You will have overall responsibility of designated sites from instruction to completion. The role will be varied but a selection of responsibilities include:

• Taking instructions from clients;
• Sending terms and conditions of business and estimates of fees and disbursements;
• Carrying out all electronic ID checks of clients;
• Daily communication with onsite sales negotiators to identify targeted exchanges,
• Giving regular updates to onsite sales negotiators with the progressing of plots;
• Raising client enquiries with solicitors for developers;
• Carrying out OS2 and Bankruptcy searches and ensuring these remain in date;
• Issuing contracts and dealing with any related sale or part exchange enquiries;
• Exchanging contracts and completing the transaction;
• Dealing with all financial aspects of a transaction; including checking and signing off proof of funds;
• Establishing and maintaining relations with onsite sales negotiators – regular phone calls and site visits and attending launches and shows
• Carrying out and checking pre-contract searches by checking whether the property is affected by local authority proposals, leases, easements or covenants, mortgages, land tax, susceptibility to flooding or subsidence, or liability for unsound building structures and repairs;
• Preparing transfer and mortgage deeds;
• Dealing with associated transactions e.g. PX files, sale files and Remortgages;
• Drafting associated documents from the beginning, such as trust deeds and deed of variation.

This is a really modern, dynamic, forward thinking law firm looking for someone who is very good technically and can also develop the existing business and manage staff.  It is essential that you have at least three years’ experience as a residential property paralegal / conveyancing executive, confident client skills and strong communications skills. Fantastic offices, exceptional benefits and excellent career prospects. If you are ambitious, this firm is very supportive of personal growth and career goals. This role is ideal if you have completed (or are currently studying for) your CLC or CILEx qualification, or if you are looking to study those in the future.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.