Conveyancer - Qualified or Fee Earner
Job description
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Conveyancer - Qualified or Fee Earner - Norwich - Conveyancing - Residential
Looking for a secure move where you can progress and learn? Want to enjoy enhanced benefits and rewards from an employer that can offer a secure future and an exceptional working environment? Qualified/part qualified or qualified by experience is welcomed.
I am pleased to be recruiting for a highly sought after firm that offers job security and progression, this local business is dedicated to quality and personal service. The role will involve all types of conveyancing matters from inception through to post-completion including:
- Registered & unregistered
- Freehold, leasehold, new build & shared ownership
- Re-mortgages, transfers of equity & help to buy
- Land Registry applications
In addition to a very competitive salary the position offers an attractive benefits package with very generous bonus.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation about this super opportunity, please apply with your CV. Thank you for your interest.
Key skills
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Lead your CV personal statement with your conveyancing specialism — the advert explicitly seeks qualified or experienced fee earners, so name your qualification status (e.g. CILEx, licensed conveyancer, or qualified by experience) in the first two lines.
📊 Quantify your caseload: e.g. 'Managed 60+ active residential conveyancing files simultaneously, covering freehold, leasehold and new build transactions'.
🎯 Mirror the advert's transaction types in your skills section — list freehold, leasehold, new build, shared ownership, re-mortgages, transfers of equity and Help to Buy as discrete bullet points to pass ATS screening.
🏠 Highlight any Land Registry portal experience and post-completion work explicitly, as these are called out as core duties in the advert.
🤝 Emphasise client-facing and personal service experience, as the firm positions itself on quality and personal service — reference any client satisfaction feedback or repeat referral rates if available.
Suggested CV bullets
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Managed a caseload of 60 concurrent residential conveyancing files covering freehold, leasehold, new build and shared ownership, achieving an average exchange-to-completion rate of 98% on target dates.
- •Processed 120+ Land Registry applications annually including first registrations of unregistered titles, reducing requisition rates by 15% through pre-submission title checks.
- •Handled 40 Help to Buy and shared ownership re-mortgage transactions in 12 months, coordinating with Homes England and lender panels to ensure zero post-completion rejections.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Residential conveyancing is the area of law I have built my career around, which is why the Conveyancer opportunity at your Norwich firm immediately stood out. With hands-on experience across freehold, leasehold, new build and shared ownership transactions — as well as re-mortgages, transfers of equity and Land Registry applications — I am confident I can contribute from day one and uphold the standard of personal service your firm is known for.
My background in residential conveyancing has seen me manage a caseload of over 55 active files at any one time, guiding clients from initial instruction through to post-completion. I have handled Help to Buy transactions, unregistered titles and complex leasehold matters, always prioritising clear client communication and accurate, timely file progression.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through your end-to-end process for a standard freehold residential purchase from instruction to post-completion.
- ›How do you handle an unregistered title transaction, and what additional steps does it require compared to a registered title?
- ›What are the key compliance checks you carry out on a new build shared ownership transaction?
- ›Describe your experience with Land Registry applications — which portals and forms do you use most frequently?
- ›How do you manage a re-mortgage where there is a Help to Buy equity loan to redeem?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed a particularly complex or high-pressure conveyancing file and how you kept it on track.
- ›Describe a situation where a transaction nearly fell through — what did you do to resolve it?
- ›Give an example of how you have delivered a high standard of personal service to a client during a stressful property transaction.
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a legal or procedural issue on a file that others had missed.
- ›How have you approached learning a new area of conveyancing practice, and what was the outcome?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you managed a particularly complex or high-pressure conveyancing file and how you kept it on track.
Describe a situation where a transaction nearly fell through — what did you do to resolve it?
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