Fee Earner, Residential Property

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Fee Earner to join our successful Residential department. Based at our newly renovated open-plan Newcastle office, the successful candidate will be joining our largest department made up of 34 colleagues, who work across our two office sites.

About the role

Our Residential department has an excellent reputation and prides itself upon its ability to deliver a first-class service to our clients.

The duties will be varied and rewarding and will include:

• Managing a mixed case load of sale, purchase and Buy to Let residential properties, leasehold matters, help and right to buy schemes, new build property purchase and sales, mortgages/re-mortgages, shared ownership and affordable housing, and transfer of equity.
• Providing effective communication and excellent customer care to clients at each stage of their journey.
• Taking an active role in business development, to support building professional relationships and growing our client base.

This role is open to candidates seeking full time working options. We also operate a fantastic flexible working scheme, to help our employees to balance the demands of their work and home life. Speak to us about your ideal work pattern!

About you

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• A minimum 1 years’ experience in a fee earning role. Whilst ideally candidates will be a qualified Solicitor / Legal Executive / Licenced Conveyancer, we will consider non-qualified candidates who meet our experience requirements.
• Prior experience of managing a busy and varied residential property caseload.
• Knowledge of the legal aspects of residential transactions, including Freehold and Leasehold, new build transactions including reviewing TP1s, and using the Land Registry Portal and lender portals would be advantageous.
• Commercial awareness
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to travel to the firm’s Stockton on Tees office on an occasional basis, in line with the needs of the business.

To apply, please complete and submit the form below and upload a copy of your up to date CV or send a copy of your up to date CV to recruitment@jacksons.law.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to receive a full job description, please contact our HR Team on the above email address or call 0333 210 1876.

Please note that salary expectations will be discussed at interview and will be dependent upon your skills and experience.

We look forward to supporting your new career at Jacksons!