Job Description

Conveyancing Assistant

The firm is a full-service law firm based in Harrogate.

They are a down-to-earth, friendly firm with a family feel and a deep-rooted history. With our Head Office based in North Leeds, there are a total of 23 members of staff across both offices, with further expansion plans in 2026. The firm is a thriving and expanding law practice committed to serving individuals and businesses with an enviable client base.

We are looking for an enthusiastic conveyancing assistant to join our reputable and growing conveyancing team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with an experienced conveyancer. The right candidate will have the opportunity for training and development, and the prospect of running a small caseload independently with supervision and support.

The role

As a conveyancing assistant working in the residential conveyancing department, you will assist the conveyancer to deal with all manner of conveyancing work to include purchases, sales, transfer of equity, remortgages and more.

This will include: – taking initial enquiries, quoting, answering questions and queries, managing client expectations, drafting legal documents and correspondence, updating databases and case management software, liaising with estate agents, lenders and otherwise, attending meetings, administration and more.

The team will take an active interest in your training and development in this post.

Candidate

The ideal candidate will:-

• Have a minimum of 18 months’ experience of working within a similar role and an eagerness to learn
• Have strong customer service skills and able to work to various deadlines
• This is a demanding and challenging role, so you need to have excellent organisational and time-management skills and work well under pressure
• Have excellent IT skills
• Experience using case management systems is desirable (but not essential as training on our systems will be provided)
• Have excellent attention to detail
• Have very good verbal and written communication skills
• Have a clear understanding of confidentiality / Data Protection
• Have the ability to work in a team, whilst having the initiative to work alone
• Have a full clean driving license (ideally)
• Live locally