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Paul Dodds Law need a Conveyancing Assistant. Your role will be to assist the conveyancing team in meeting the needs of the department and firm.

Your duties will include file opening and closing, post-completion Land Registry work, dealing with routine correspondence and some telephone contact with clients, lenders and estate agents.

A full job description is shown below.

This is a permanent position. It can be full-time or part-time (mornings or afternoons each weekday).

Salary will be dependent on experience.

Job Description

Working with colleagues in a professional, responsive and supportive way in order to meet the needs of the department.  This will include, but is not limited to,:

  • Prompt preparation and distribution of accurate correspondence and documents using a range of software packages
  • Ensuring that copies of correspondence and documents are saved and filed appropriately to aid reference and retrieval
  • Scheduling and organising appropriate tasks
  • Preparation and updating of spreadsheets and databases.
  • Preparation of new files
  • Complete payment forms
  • Prepare invoices
  • Scanning
  • Photocopying

Work Competencies and Behaviours Required

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Well organised and the ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Self-motivate and able to work on own initiative
  • High standard of discretion, accuracy and attention to detail
  • Honesty and integrity with ability to manage confidential information
  • A team player who works constructively and collectively with colleagues

Technical Skills

  • Secretarial/administrative experience
  • Experience of working in a service excellence environment
  • Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook)
  • IT literate with the ability to quickly adapt to new systems

Essential Criteria

  • Must have conveyancing knowledge and experience