Paralegal
Department: Private Residential Property
Location: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Type: Full-Time, Permanent
We are looking for an attentive individual to join Talbots as Paralegal. To be successful, you will have at least a minimum of 12 months experience working within a conveyancing department.
As a Paralegal will be expected to assist lawyers in our conveyancing teams on client matters from inception through to completion such as sale, purchase, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, registered titles, unregistered titles, leasehold and freehold properties.
Who Are Talbots Law?
Talbots Law is proud to be an Employee-Owned Company and a member of the EOA. We were the first Employee-Owned Law Firm in the West Midlands.
Talbots is a Values led Company with a shared vision of “Working every day to be the best” for our people, our clients, and for our communities.
We are passionate about people being the best that they can be. We do this by providing a comprehensive package of high-quality Company benefits and rewards.
The Company is committed to the Real Living Wage Foundation and we also hold the Disability Confident accreditation.
- Competitive salaries with annual review.
- Annual tax-free* profit-share.
- 25 days holiday + birthday + ex-gratia day + UK Bank Holidays + long service awards.
- Company salary-sacrifice pension scheme (4% from Talbots: 4% from employees).
- Group Life Insurance (3 x annual salary).
- Enhanced Company Sick Pay.
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programmes.
- Perkbox employee rewards & benefits platform.
- Medicash Health Cash Plan.
- Financial Health & Wellbeing Provision.
- Bank of Talbots (Annual employee credit for legal fees).
- Salary Sacrifice schemes.
- Established Company progression framework.
- Career progression plans (including financial / mentoring support towards professional qualifications where desired).
- Social events programme with larger event invitations extended to partners & families.
- Company gifts for celebrations and special life events.
- Commitment to charitable initiatives (currently main corporate sponsor of Acorns Children’s Hospice).
What the job involves:
- Deal proactively with a wide range of clients across a variety of communication methods, including email and telephone.
- Obtaining simple indemnity policy quotes, request searches and review mortgage offers whilst reporting to client.
- Drafting registered contracts including issuing and chasing contracts as well as proof-reading system generated documentation.
- Update relevant software such as TM Secure and SOS and maintaining compliance requirements inline with SRA, Lexcel, Law Society Quality scheme Standards, SARs and accounting requirements.
What you need:
- At least 12 months experience of working as Paralegal within a conveyancing department.
- To be passionate about giving outstanding client care to both clients and referrals and have excellent administrative, planning, and organisational skills.
- Working knowledge on how to use case management systems, land registry portal and online conveyancing software.
If this sounds like the role for you then please apply today by sending your CV to careers@talbotslaw.co.uk.
