Job Details

Property Lawyer

Location: Sittingbourne

Permanent Full Time

Salary: £Competitive

Mon-Fri 9-5pm

Benefits:

• Generous holiday allowance plus Christmas shutdown (plus additional holiday for long-serving employees)
• Discretional Bonus Scheme (10% bonus was paid to staff in 2023/2024)
• Pension Scheme (Contributory)
• Life Cover - 3x Salary
• Annual Eye tests/ Annual Flu Vaccines
• Membership to Benenden Healthcare
• Mental Health Support internally and from external providers (including access to Consultations from BUPA for Menopause)
• A wellness payment of £20 per month gross for you to purchase something each month that helps your physical and mental wellbeing
• Staff social events - All firm Christmas, Summer Parties and office-based events.
• Client & Employee Referral Scheme

Join an award-winning company for an exciting opportunity as a Property Lawyer. You will be joining a busy team based in Sittingbourne.

Key Responsibilities as a Property Lawyer:

• Conduct of matters on behalf of clients
• Demonstrates a high degree of competence in all conveyancing matters
• Management of support services for which the employee is responsible, including supervision of own support staff
• Active participation in marketing activities, networking and developing new business
• Financial control with particular regard to cash flow control through collection of monies on account and billing procedures
• Providing assistance to other fee earners within the office/Firm as required particularly during periods of sick leave or holiday absence
• To bill clients in accordance with notified charging rates in accordance with time spent on the client file and to achieve financial targets for income
• Minimise risk in dealing with all work and ensure that all files are managed in accordance with the Firm’s risk and file management procedures
• Undertake suitable training and to comply with the Firm’s training policy and the competency framework of the SRA

Key Requirements:

• Completion of degree, and LPC or technical qualification.
• Strong IT skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate a willingness and drive to learn and succeed.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

Disclaimer: Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.

Closing date for applications: November 29, 2024

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