Assistant Senior Conveyancing Executive

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Let us introduce ourselves…

It’s the people at Shakespeare Martineau that make us so special. By understanding what our people want, giving them the support they need, recognising everyone’s contribution and realising the unique power of teams, together we win. As a firm we are focused on proactively building and developing diverse teams, bringing different backgrounds, personalities and perspectives together. We play to our strengths, pushing ourselves to be consistently better than yesterday and deliver amazing solutions for our clients. We empower our teams with a high degree of individual responsibility; we self-manage and encourage everyone to be responsible for their own learning, knowing it makes us even better at what we do!

We believe in trusting our people to make the right decisions for themselves, from when and where you work, to how you dress; we focus on outputs.

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Meet the team

Our multi-disciplinary Real Estate group is highly regarded by our clients and within the sector. It comprises not only lawyers but town and country planners, RICS surveyors, property managers and sector focused financial advisers. We’ve brought experts into our services in planning, development, investment, landlord and tenant matters, construction and litigation with a particular emphasis on energy, retail, housing, education, finance and investment funds.

Our plot sales team deals with the legal aspects of plot sales for our clients, including planning, development, investment, construction, litigation and dealing with both landlord and tenant matters. The team regularly acts on behalf of some of the UK’s biggest house builders.

The opportunity

In this role you will support and assist the Senior Conveyancing Executives based in Birmingham and Solihull to ensure a consistent delivery of a profitable, streamlined service to our clients.

Your main duties will be completion of the site set ups across the wider Plots Team which will require excellent knowledge of the technical and procedural elements plus exceptional client liaison skills, and assisting the Conveyancing Executives and Legal Assistants with day to day questions, enquiries and general support.

You will be responsible for the site set up process including:

• attending legal pre-start/site set up meetings
• creation of Word directories
• arranging for the site up in the Developer Drive
• sending pick list to IT Axxia to upload
• setting up the initial HighQ Data Room
• dealing with the more complex enquiries and complaints that cannot be dealt with by the CE.

You Will Also Be

• working alongside the CE’s and SCE’s to ensure smooth completion of a sale. For example:
• studying master conveyance plan and submit to HMLR for approval
• drafting of legal information report, contract, transfer and lease
• reviewing titles; research and deal with registration restrictions
• drafting deeds of variation as required for example on S121 and rent charge provisions.
• supporting the SCE’s to ensure a consistent delivery of a streamlined service in line with clients Service Level Agreements (SLA’s).
• developing a good understanding of each new client’s requirements for plot documentation
• assisting the SCE’s working with the wider team to optimise client relationships and profitability, maintaining close contact with clients
• identifying improvements to working practices and efficiencies to ensure a consistent delivery of a quality service, optimising the use of processes, systems and skills of the team.

Other Duties

• attending development sites wherever possible
• responsible for supporting junior members of the team

Skills And Experience You Will Have

• A minimum of 3 years previous fee earner experience gained within a plot sales team
• Experience of completing a site set up
• Client focused with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Previous experience of using a Case Management System

Key Competencies You Will Need

• High degree of personal drive, capable of delivering results to tight timeframes and under pressure.
• A team player who is committed to supporting colleagues.
• Able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload while ensuring attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong IT skills

About You – You Will Be

• Highly enthusiastic, willing to go the extra mile and be happy to go beyond the job description
• Respectful towards others and have a positive, willing and ‘can do’ attitude
• Keen to learn, interested in your own career progression and be proactive in taking ownership of this

How we work

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have hubs in Birmingham, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield. This role will require you to attend the Birmingham, Leicester and Solihull office with days worked remotely from home.

Additional information

Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here .

Equal opportunities

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.