Residential Conveyancing Paralegal / Legal Secretary

My client is looking to recruit a capable and motivated Residential mConveyancing Paralegal / Legal Secretary to join their Nottingham office. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative team, handling a broad range of residential property matters.

The Role

You will support fee earners in the day-to-day management of residential conveyancing matters, assisting with transactions from instruction through to completion and post-completion.

The role will include work on:

• Freehold and leasehold sales and purchases
• Remortgages and transfers of equity
• New build and shared ownership matters
• Preparation and submission of Land Registry applications
• Liaising with clients, estate agents, lenders, and solicitors

You will play an important role in ensuring transactions progress efficiently while delivering a high standard of client care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and paralegal support to the Residential Conveyancing team
• Draft and prepare legal documents and correspondence
• Open and manage files, including AML and compliance checks
• Deal with client enquiries in a professional and timely manner
• Maintain accurate records and ensure files are kept up to date
• Assist with post-completion work, including SDLT returns and registrations
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and firm procedures

Requirements

• Previous experience in residential conveyancing (paralegal or legal secretary role preferred)
• Good understanding of the conveyancing process from instruction to completion
• Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Confident written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A proactive, reliable team player who enjoys working in a supportive and collaborative team

What We Offer

• A varied and engaging role within Residential Property team
• Competitive salary
• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements
• Generous holiday allowance including firm-wide Christmas closure
• Pension scheme and life assurance
• Private healthcare and Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work, Bus to Work, and Tram to Work schemes
• A friendly, inclusive, and team-oriented working environment
• Ongoing training and opportunities for career development

Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.

Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.

If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.

Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.