Paralegal - Social Housing

Job Description

Paralegal - Social Housing - East Anglia
Competitive salary + Benefits

A leading team within a Top100 firm are recruiting for a highly experienced Paralegal to run their own caseload. This is a varied role within a team that acts for the Region’s major Housing Associations and a number of Local Authorities. The successful candidate can be based at one of a number of offices within East Anglia.

Strong legal experience is essential for this role, ideally in residential conveyancing or dealing with high volume caseloads.

Tasks will include:

• Running own caseload of single unit disposals and acquisitions including shared ownership sales and right to buy sales


• Obtaining title documents from the Land Registry Portal


• Carrying out searches and pre-completion searches


• Providing progress reports to supervisor and to clients and intermediaries


• Providing cover and support to other paralegals within the team as and when required


• Assisting with technical drafting and approval of infrastructure deeds


• Co-ordinating and dealing with ad-hoc queries from clients


• To assist team members with site acquisitions and related transactions


• To prepare SDLT Returns


• Preparing Land Registry applications and finalising registrations


• Researching specific legal topics when requested and carrying out title investigations

• Proven IT/typing skills; good/advanced knowledge of Excel and Word


• Legal experience is required, ideally in residential conveyancing or dealing with high volume caseloads. 


• Enthusiastic with the ability to hit the ground running 


• A flexible, highly motivated, proactive and ‘can do’ working style;


• Good organisation and communication skills with the ability to prioritise effectively

• Agile Working Policy


• Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice


• Private Healthcare - BUPA


• Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance