Conveyancing - Fee Earner - Excellent Bonus & Flexible Working
Job description
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CONVEYANCING FEE EARNER/PARALEGAL - Easy Access from BSE/Thetford/Newmarket
Looking to move into a role as a Fee Earner or change location? I am pleased to be working for an established firm who through sustainable growth, has an opportunity for an experienced Fee Earner ideally 1-2 PQE or confident managing your own case-load.
Offering 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
If you would like to have a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please apply with your CV. Thank you for your interest.
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Highlight your conveyancing case load management experience prominently in your Personal Statement, as the advert specifically seeks someone confident managing their own case-load from inception to post-completion.
📊 Quantify your caseload: e.g. "Managed 45 active residential conveyancing files simultaneously, achieving completion within agreed timescales 92% of the time."
🎯 List every transaction type you have handled (freehold, leasehold, new build, shared ownership, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, Help to Buy) as a dedicated skills or competencies section — the advert mirrors this exact list.
🌐 Reference your PQE level clearly near the top of your CV; the advert targets 1-2 PQE candidates, so stating "1 year PQE — Residential Conveyancing" removes ambiguity for the recruiter.
🤝 Mention familiarity with Land Registry portal submissions and post-completion procedures, as these are explicitly called out and will strengthen your ATS match for this role.
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Managed a caseload of 42 concurrent residential conveyancing files — freehold, leasehold and new build — achieving exchange within the client's target timescale on 89% of transactions over 12 months.
- •Processed 30+ Help to Buy equity loan redemptions and re-mortgages in a single calendar year, submitting all Land Registry applications within 5 working days of completion with zero requisitions raised.
- •Handled 15 shared ownership staircasing transactions end-to-end, liaising directly with housing associations to resolve title queries and reducing average transaction time by 3 weeks against the firm's previous benchmark.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Residential conveyancing is the area where I have built my legal career, and the Fee Earner opportunity at your West Suffolk firm — covering freehold, leasehold, new build, shared ownership and Help to Buy matters — aligns precisely with the caseload I manage day to day. Your firm's reputation for quality and personal service is exactly the environment in which I want to develop.
My background in residential conveyancing includes independently managing a caseload of over 40 active files, handling transactions from initial instruction through to Land Registry post-completion formalities. I have processed re-mortgages, transfers of equity and Help to Buy redemptions, and I am comfortable with both registered and unregistered titles. I am currently at 1 year PQE and am confident progressing matters with minimal supervision.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through your process for managing a freehold residential conveyancing transaction from instruction to post-completion.
- ›How do you handle a leasehold transaction where the lease requires extension prior to exchange?
- ›What checks do you carry out on a new build conveyancing matter that differ from a standard resale?
- ›How do you process a Help to Buy equity loan redemption alongside a re-mortgage?
- ›What steps do you take when submitting an application to Land Registry for first registration of an unregistered title?
Behavioural
- ›Describe a time when you managed a high volume of conveyancing files simultaneously — how did you prioritise and avoid errors?
- ›Tell me about a situation where a transaction was at risk of falling through. What did you do to keep it on track?
- ›Give an example of when you had to explain a complex legal issue, such as a defective title, to a client in plain language.
- ›Describe a time you identified a problem during post-completion. How did you resolve it?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage a difficult client expectation around timescales. How did you handle the conversation?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a time when you managed a high volume of conveyancing files simultaneously — how did you prioritise and avoid errors?
Tell me about a situation where a transaction was at risk of falling through. What did you do to keep it on track?
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