Head of Residential Conveyancing

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Residential Conveyancing team as Department Head. We are looking for an individual who displays people management skills accompanied by experience in residential conveyancing. Are you ready to take the next step in your career, or are you looking for a new challenge?

If this opportunity excites you please apply to Abigail.sibbick@bgsolicitors.com – HR Manager.

Main duties

Management

- Dealing with day-to-day people management duties including, holidays rotas, flexible working requests

- Making decisions on departmental strategies

- holding regular departmental meetings

- Ensuring communication is upheld within the team and the firm across all offices

- Completing appraisals of direct reports

- Dealing with disciplinaries and grievances where necessary

- People planning

- Attendance across offices for personal team supervision and support

Compliance

- Conducting and reporting on file reviews

- Ensuring money laundering guidance is adhered to and understood by all team members

- Ensuring CQS compliance

- Liaising with Lender Panels

Conveyancing

- Running a personal case load

- Knowledge and understanding of complicated property transactions

- Supporting department with conveyancing queries

- Achieving personal and departmental targets

Other

- Responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing of staff and colleagues

- Responsible for treating all employees equally and fairly

Skills Required

- Strong knowledge of relevant laws and regulation

- Proven ability to negotiate effectively on behalf of clients

- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

- Attention to detail and strong analytical skills.

- Ability to work independently and manage a caseload

- Committed to provide efficient and accurate work

- To ensure the confidentiality and security of all practice and client documentation and/or information.

- Responsible

- Trustworthy

Good IT skills – Excel, Word and Outlook

- Cultural awareness and a professional approach to work generally

- GDPR knowledge (and data protection generally)

- Leadership skills

Benefits

In return for your hard work and commitment to your role you will receive:

- Excellent Partner prospects

- A competitive salary negotiable dependent on experience and qualification, with additional bonus structure available

- Cycle to work scheme

- SAGE employee benefits

- Company sick pay

- Hybrid Working

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £37,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free flu jabs
• Free or subsidised travel
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Ability to Commute:

• Grimsby (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Grimsby: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person