Conveyancing - Fee Earner/Paralegal
Job description
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Residential Conveyancing Fee Earner - Braintree
Looking to progress your career or simply change your environment? I am pleased to be working for an established business who through sustainable growth, have an opportunity for an experienced Conveyancing Fee Earner to take a lead role in the Residential Conveyancing department.
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
I look forward to your application, please apply with a current CV or contact Carolyn Thompson at Reed Legal via LinkedIn for a 100% confidential chat.
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Lead your CV personal statement with 'Residential Conveyancing Fee Earner' as your exact job title, mirroring the advert's language to pass ATS screening.
📊 Quantify your caseload: e.g. 'Managed 60+ active conveyancing files simultaneously, covering freehold, leasehold and new build matters' — the advert emphasises breadth of transaction types.
🎯 List each transaction type explicitly (freehold, leasehold, shared ownership, help to buy, re-mortgages, transfers of equity) in a dedicated 'Areas of Practice' section, as the advert calls these out as core duties.
🏛️ Highlight any experience with Land Registry applications and post-completion work in your bullet points, as these are specifically named in the role requirements.
🤝 Mention any experience working in a client-facing, quality-focused environment — the advert stresses 'personal service' and 'quality', so evidence of direct client contact will strengthen your application.
Suggested CV bullets
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Managed a caseload of 55 residential conveyancing files concurrently, covering freehold, leasehold, new build and shared ownership transactions from instruction through to post-completion.
- •Submitted over 120 Land Registry applications annually, maintaining a requisition rate below 3% through rigorous pre-submission title checks on both registered and unregistered properties.
- •Handled 30+ re-mortgage and transfer of equity matters per quarter, reducing average transaction time by 12% through streamlined client onboarding and proactive lender liaison.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Residential conveyancing is the area of law I have dedicated my career to, which is why the Conveyancing Fee Earner opportunity at Reed Legal in Braintree immediately stood out. With hands-on experience across freehold, leasehold, new build, shared ownership and re-mortgage transactions, I am confident I can take a lead role in your client's conveyancing department from day one.
My background in residential conveyancing encompasses the full transaction lifecycle — from initial instruction through to post-completion and Land Registry applications. I have managed caseloads of over 50 active files, handling both registered and unregistered titles, transfers of equity and Help to Buy matters, always with a focus on accuracy and direct client communication.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through your end-to-end process for handling a leasehold purchase from instruction to post-completion.
- ›How do you approach a transaction involving unregistered title — what searches and checks do you carry out?
- ›What experience do you have with new build conveyancing, and how do you manage developer deadlines?
- ›Describe how you handle a Help to Buy or shared ownership transaction, including the specific documentation involved.
- ›What steps do you take when submitting a Land Registry application, and how do you resolve requisitions?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed a high volume of conveyancing files simultaneously — how did you prioritise?
- ›Describe a situation where a transaction hit an unexpected complication close to exchange. How did you handle it?
- ›Give an example of how you have delivered a high standard of personal service to a client during a stressful transaction.
- ›Tell me about a time you identified an error or risk in a file. What action did you take?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to work autonomously without supervision to meet a tight completion deadline.
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 high volume of conveyancing files simultaneously — how did you prioritise?
Describe a situation where a transaction hit an unexpected complication close to exchange. How did you handle it?