Conveyancing Assistant

Conveyancing Assistant – Hitchin

Salary: £25,000-£30,000

Benefits: Free parking, Hybrid working

About the Company

An established legal practice based in Hitchin, providing comprehensive legal services with a strong focus on client care and collaborative teamwork across its specialist departments.

Role Summary

This role offers a conveyancing professional the opportunity to work alongside experienced fee earners on a diverse caseload, building valuable technical competence across the full property transaction lifecycle. Joining a supportive departmental structure, you will take on genuine file-handling responsibilities, engage directly with clients, and support junior colleagues, giving you the platform to advance your legal career.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate and draft replies to additional enquiries raised by buyers' solicitors, sharpening your technical drafting abilities and deepening your legal knowledge across property matters.
• Manage post-exchange and post-completion processes, including accounts coordination and Land Registry and Companies House registrations, providing you with comprehensive technical mastery over the entire transaction cycle.
• Liaise directly with clients in person and by telephone, strengthening your client-facing communication skills and building professional rapport.
• Support fee earners with legal research, diary coordination, and guidance for junior colleagues, giving you exposure to complex file management and foundational supervisory experience.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience working within a residential conveyancing team, handling day-to-day file administration and support.
• Working knowledge of the conveyancing lifecycle, particularly enquiry handling, completion preparation, and Land Registry processes.
• Strong numeracy and computer literacy, alongside keen attention to detail when working under pressure and to strict deadlines.
• Clear, professional communication skills across written correspondence and direct client interactions.

If this role isn’t quite right, it’s still worth speaking to one of our specialist team, as we may be working on something that hasn’t hit the market yet.

Related Job Titles: Residential Conveyancing Paralegal, Conveyancing Paralegal, Conveyancing Legal Assistant, Legal Assistant - Conveyancing, Property Paralegal

Referral scheme: We pay £250 for any candidate you refer to us that we place. If you know anyone who may be suitable, please let us know.