Job Description

Conveyancing Assistant

Location: Sheffield

Salary: £24,000 to £30,000 (depending on experience)

Experience: 3+ years’ experience as a Conveyancing Assistant or Conveyancing Paralegal

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Conveyancing Assistant to join our client’s residential conveyancing team in Sheffield. You will play a key role in supporting transactions to progress efficiently and accurately, while maintaining a high standard of client care throughout.

You will support fee earners on a varied caseload of residential sale and purchase matters. The focus is on keeping files moving, managing key steps and deadlines, and ensuring clients and third parties are kept informed from instruction through to post-completion.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting administration and legal work relating to residential sale and purchase transactions

• Preparing legal documents and routine correspondence

• Issuing sale contracts and assisting with replies to enquiries

• Assisting with mortgage redemptions and liaising with lenders

• Liaising with clients, solicitors, lenders, estate agents and other third parties

• Maintaining accurate file notes and updating the case management system

• Supporting compliance requirements and ensuring standards are met

• Using the Land Registry portal, SDLT online submission system and lender portals

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• At least 3 years’ experience as a Conveyancing Assistant or Conveyancing Paralegal (residential)

• Experience issuing sale contracts and supporting enquiries, redemptions and the wider conveyancing process

• Good understanding of compliance requirements and the ability to meet standards

• Strong organisation skills and attention to detail

• Confident communicator with a client-focused approach

• Comfortable using case management systems and online portals (Land Registry, SDLT, lender portals)

What’s On Offer

• 33 days’ annual leave (inclusive of bank and public holidays)

• Your birthday off (if it falls on a weekday)

• Life assurance (3x annual salary)

• Ongoing professional development and training

Location & Working Arrangements

• Sheffield

• Full-time, permanent

• Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:15pm

Next Steps

Apply online or send your CV to  lee.hawthorne-finch@h-fts.com  or call 0333 996 2882 for more information.

All applications will be handled in strict confidence.