Plot Conveyancer
Job Title Plot Conveyancer
Closing Date 30-Aug-2022
Position Full Time
Business Entity Gateley Legal
Department Residential Development
Location Guildford - United Kingdom
Job Type Experienced Hire
Description
We are a legal and professional services group, with over 580 professional advisers. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. We proudly won 'UK Law Firm of the Year' at The British Legal Awards 2019.
Forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face.
The Team
Our Housebuilding Team specialises in residential development and nothing else.
With over 230 specialists, we have the largest residential development team in the UK offering a complete acquisition to disposal service. The team acts for national and regional housebuilders, promoters and institutional landowners on new residential developments of up to 6,500 new homes.
Each of our plot sales hubs in the South, the Midlands and the North on average handle approximately 4,000 plots sales per annum. Each Plot Sales Hub comprises four teams who work together to support plot sale transactions: site set up; plot sales; part exchange; and infrastructure.
Within our hubs, our plot sales team has 135 experts who work exclusively for housebuilder clients on conveyancing work. Each conveyancer is focused on delivering a high level of service that place clients front and centre. We invest in our people, recruiting and retaining the best in the market. We work hard in creating an enjoyable workplace culture that encourages the sharing of knowledge and experience; requires regular training on the law and developments in the sector.
The Role
This is an exciting time to join our market leading Residential Development Unit as the team continues to win repeat and new work from its impressive client base of recognised national and regional housebuilders. As a plot conveyancer in our fantastic Guildford based team you will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and taking responsibility for your own plot sales matters with the assistance of a case management system. This is very much a client facing role where you can expect full encouragement and support in developing and maintaining those relationships.
Key Skills & Experience
Personality fit is absolutely key in this role and our successful candidate will be a personable, enthusiastic and confident individual with excellent client management skills. They will also demonstrate the following attributes:
excellent commercial acumen
great communication skills, both written and verbal
commitment to forging strong working relationships with our clients
ability and willingness to learn
strong attention to detail
an organised approach in managing time, work priorities and deadlines
a strong team working ethic
good IT skills, ideally including previous experience of working with a case management system
discretion and professionalism at all times
calm under pressure and able to operate efficiently in a fast-paced and demanding working environment
Diversity, inclusion and well being
Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values.
We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, and culture.
We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.
We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.
Closing Date 30-Aug-2022
Position Full Time
Business Entity Gateley Legal
Department Residential Development
Location Guildford - United Kingdom
Job Type Experienced Hire
Description
We are a legal and professional services group, with over 580 professional advisers. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. We proudly won 'UK Law Firm of the Year' at The British Legal Awards 2019.
Forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face.
The Team
Our Housebuilding Team specialises in residential development and nothing else.
With over 230 specialists, we have the largest residential development team in the UK offering a complete acquisition to disposal service. The team acts for national and regional housebuilders, promoters and institutional landowners on new residential developments of up to 6,500 new homes.
Each of our plot sales hubs in the South, the Midlands and the North on average handle approximately 4,000 plots sales per annum. Each Plot Sales Hub comprises four teams who work together to support plot sale transactions: site set up; plot sales; part exchange; and infrastructure.
Within our hubs, our plot sales team has 135 experts who work exclusively for housebuilder clients on conveyancing work. Each conveyancer is focused on delivering a high level of service that place clients front and centre. We invest in our people, recruiting and retaining the best in the market. We work hard in creating an enjoyable workplace culture that encourages the sharing of knowledge and experience; requires regular training on the law and developments in the sector.
The Role
This is an exciting time to join our market leading Residential Development Unit as the team continues to win repeat and new work from its impressive client base of recognised national and regional housebuilders. As a plot conveyancer in our fantastic Guildford based team you will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and taking responsibility for your own plot sales matters with the assistance of a case management system. This is very much a client facing role where you can expect full encouragement and support in developing and maintaining those relationships.
Key Skills & Experience
Personality fit is absolutely key in this role and our successful candidate will be a personable, enthusiastic and confident individual with excellent client management skills. They will also demonstrate the following attributes:
excellent commercial acumen
great communication skills, both written and verbal
commitment to forging strong working relationships with our clients
ability and willingness to learn
strong attention to detail
an organised approach in managing time, work priorities and deadlines
a strong team working ethic
good IT skills, ideally including previous experience of working with a case management system
discretion and professionalism at all times
calm under pressure and able to operate efficiently in a fast-paced and demanding working environment
Diversity, inclusion and well being
Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values.
We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, and culture.
We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.
We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.