Residential Conveyancer

Fee Earner - All Departments

About Risdons

Risdons Solicitors is a traditional High Street practice with offices in Bridgwater, Dulverton, Minehead, Taunton, Wellington and Williton. We're proud of our High Street presence that gives a friendly in-person service. Being part of the local communities gives our clients a superb service.

Our people and our culture makes Risdons a great place to work, we are fully committed to ensuring our team are well cared for, motivated and fulfilling their potential at work. Our people are our priority.

The Role

We have an excellent opportunity for a Residential Conveyancer to join our growing Residential Property team, this role will based at our Dulverton office. The successful applicant will undertake fee-earning. The role will include but not be limited to the below responsibilities:

Assist in compiling and providing fee-estimates for new clients
Deal effectively with new file requests and client onboarding
Order Titles from the Land Registry
Prepare and regularly update Completion Statements
Prepare and send Chancel Reports to clients
Obtain draft Indemnity Insurance policies
Conduct pre-exchange searches
Deal with post-exchange letters and tasks
Deal with all aspects of the completion process including finances, phone calls, emailing of all parties, and billing
Prepare any necessary Notice of Transfer/Charge if applicable
Submit SDLT return(s) and pay tax where applicable
Process Land Registry applications
Deal with Land Registry Requisitions (dependent upon experience)
Open files, prepare and send initial client engagement documentation.
Prepare client care paperwork, review client ID documents and source of funds to ensure compliance with Money Laundering obligations and internal policies.
Ensure all email correspondence and attachments are entered on to our Case Management system
Draft straightforward legal documents using the precedents provided, filing documents online where appropriate and develop skills to deal with more complex transactions.
Attend to drafting, calculation, approval, submission, and payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax.
Deal with the registration of properties and leases at the Land Registry electronically including dealing with any requisitions.

About You

Working in our Residential Property department, this role would best suit someone who is pro-active and enthusiastic, with great interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels. Strong organisational and administrative skills are essential, along with the ability to multi-task and a confident telephone manner. More technical requirements include good IT skills including the use of Microsoft Office 365.

Main purpose of the role
To undertake all aspects of fee earning work with the required skills and knowledge to carry out your duties
To provide a profitable contribution to the work of the department and firm as a whole.
To ensure the successful development of the firm in line with the business plan.
Key tasks (but not limited exclusively to)
Conduct matters on behalf of clients in a professional manner. Providing a friendly, courteous, knowledgeable and professional service. To protect the firm against service complaints by ensuring service is of the highest quality.
To comply with SRA and COLP/COFA Rules at all times.
To comply with the Policies and Procedures pursuant to the Office Quality Manual at all times. Understanding and managing risk at all times.
To manage files to CQS Standard at all times. Effectively maintaining and managing housekeeping of your file management including accurate use of our case management system in accordance with the firm’s procedures.
Using a variety of software to support our case management system including Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word to produce correspondence, documents, presentations, records and accounts.
Supervision of fee earning work undertaken by colleagues, of so directed by the COLP.
Management of support services for which you are responsible, including supervision of own para-legal/secretary/assistant, as the case may be.
Participation in marketing activities, whether on a firm-wide, departmental or office basis. Including in respect of the provision of material for the firm’s website.
Financial control, with particular regard to cash-flow control through collection of monies on account and billing procedures. Ensuring prompt closure of files at completion with ledgers nil balanced and activation of feedback/review request with Review Solicitors.
Maintaining written communications in a clear and concise manner including post and emails. With high standards of delivery and actively promoting of all services wherever possible. Meeting all deadlines within the specified timeframes and ensuring prompt response to telephone calls with accurate notes taken and recorded.
Carrying out and attending file reviews, department and staff meetings, unless absence has been authorised by a partner.
To keep up to date with changes in the law, taking part in compulsory compliance training, developing skills of self and other members of staff where appropriate. Being responsible for maintaining Professional Standards or Professional Accreditations for the role, together with any on-going or further training/CPD required, and reporting immediately to the partners of any changes.
Always adhering to the Equality and Diversity Policy of the firm.
Further role requirements as discussed and agreed with the partners.

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