Conveyancing Assistant

Job Title Legal Assistant
Position Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours Monday - Friday
Location: Office based
Salary: From £23,000
Experience: The successful candidate will have gained experience in real estate

About us

Easthams Solicitors Ltd is one of the Fylde coast’s leading legal practices with a proud reputation as a company that puts service first.

Specialising in personal injury, conveyancing and wills & probate work we have built long term relationships with our clients through vast experience and understanding of the market and industry.

Easthams Solicitors Limited currently employ approximately 40 staff and have traded from the same prime location since 1996 and many of our staff have been with us since the start reflecting the friendly atmosphere within the office as well as our philosophy of rewarding everyone’s contribution to our success.

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an eager and hardworking individual to join our Conveyancing Team in Blackpool.

The role will be working as a Legal Assistant within the Conveyancing team supporting a conveyancer and the team generally. This will include communicating effectively with clients and solicitors over the telephone and via email. The successful candidate will be responsible for some elements of matter handling for the team.

We are proud of the reputation the team has for providing a high level of service so the ability to work quickly and accurately is essential.

Required Education, Skills and Qualifications

The key skills we are looking for are:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Customer service orientation
  • Professional personal presentation
  • Maintain confidentiality and show discretion
  • Information management
  • Organising and planning
  • Attention to detail
  • Being able to work on you own initiative

The successful candidate will be educated to, at least, GCSE or equivalent and ideally will w=have good experience working in real estate. That may be in a conveyancing department at another law firm or within an estate agent.

Benefits

Easthams Solicitors provide a company pension scheme. We also operate bonus schemes to encourage good client service and excellent performance.

Applications

If you wish to apply for this role please email a copy of your CV to Gareth Jones, Practice Manager.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability status.

Kim and Adele were attentive, professional and supportive. They were committed to pushing the transaction through and made the process very much stress-free and transparent. I can’t thank them enough for their efforts and dedication to helping me.
Farah