Job Description

Solicitor – Residential Property

Location: Harrogate

Salary: £45,000 to £60,000

Experience: Experienced in residential property

 

If you’re an experienced residential property solicitor who enjoys running files with minimal supervision, and you’re also the sort of person who likes helping others develop, this is a strong opportunity to join a well-established team in Harrogate.

Our client is looking to add an experienced Solicitor into their Residential Property team. This role combines hands-on fee earning with the chance to supervise and mentor junior lawyers and support staff, helping the wider team deliver a consistently high standard of client care.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing a caseload of residential property matters, including sales, purchases and re-mortgages

• Progressing matters efficiently, keeping clients updated on progress and costs throughout

• Maintaining high standards of client care in a professional, approachable way

• Supervising, supporting, developing and mentoring junior lawyers and conveyancing executives/assistants

• Ensuring confidentiality and security of client and firm information at all times

• Achieving agreed billing and time recording targets

• Taking ownership of credit control on your own matters in liaison with the Accounts team

• Working in line with the firm’s procedures, quality standards and office manual

• Supporting marketing and business development activity with the wider department

• Contributing to training and your own ongoing professional development

 

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified Solicitor (admitted to the Solicitors Roll)

• Strong experience handling residential sales, purchases and re-mortgages with minimal supervision

• Confident supervising and mentoring others, with a supportive, team-first approach

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

• Well organised, with good diary management and attention to detail

• Comfortable working to procedures and maintaining quality standards

• Professional, resilient and tactful when dealing with clients and colleagues

 

What’s On Offer

• 25 days’ holiday plus your birthday off

• Hybrid working once you’ve passed probation

• Continuous professional development, including structured induction, in-house training and access to external courses

• Wellbeing Hours (7 hours annually for appointments or time needed out of work)

• Health Cash Plan (including 24-hour advice line and counselling access)

• Group life assurance

• Pension contribution

• Salary exchange (salary sacrifice) pension scheme

• YuLife

• Perkbox (retail discounts plus wellbeing content)

• Ability to buy up to 5 additional days’ holiday per year

• Option to carry up to 3 days’ holiday into the next holiday year

• Long service awards

• Free refreshments in the office (tea, coffee and weekly fruit delivery)

• Social events organised through a social committee (including annual Christmas party and summer BBQ)

• Staff legal benefits, including:

• Residential purchase and/or sale for your sole/main residence undertaken at no cost (excluding expenses)

• Standard Will prepared at no charge (excluding IHT planning)

• Discounted legal services for immediate family

 

Working Arrangements

Full-time, permanent role based in Harrogate. Hybrid working available once probation is passed.

 

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 treated in the strictest confidence. We will always obtain your express permission before sharing your details with our client.