Fee Earner - Conveyancing

A bit about Ascent

Ascent Performance Group are a highly successful legal and financial services company; we work with other large financial service companies to support individuals during uncertain times.

At Ascent we place the customer at the heart of our operations, ensuring that within our customers most vulnerable times, we offer the support they deserve.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Conveyancing Fee Earner located in the Manchester. The Conveyancing Fee Earner will handle a broad range of conveyancing transactions including sales, purchases, post-completion formalities, and remortgages. The role requires managing caseloads from instruction through to completion, liaising with clients, lenders, and third parties, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies.

Your key responsibilities as a Conveyancing Fee Earner would be:

• Dealing with all aspects of the residential process on behalf of our clients, mortgage lenders, who have repossessed residential properties due to mortgage arrears or another breach.
• Supporting with preparation of memos of sales and auction packs
• Ordering management pack and exchange and completions
• Reviewing residential titles on instruction from Client and providing Reports on title.
• Preparing, reviewing and issuing sales contracts and supporting documents.
• Answering client queries, providing status advice and keeping all parties informed on progress of sale.
• Liaise with asset managers to provide a smooth transaction.
• Dealing with exchange of Contracts in a timely manner.
• Supporting with post sales matters including distribution of surplus funds as and where applicable.

Skills/Experience Requirements

• Previous experience within a Conveyancing role.
• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s including a minimum C grade in English and Maths
• Has a professional and committed attitude and seeks to aspire to targets set
• Computer literate in all Microsoft Office programs
• Has a strong attention to detail
• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
• Sound knowledge of law and legal System
• Strong organisational skills
• Familiar with electronic document management and filing systems
• High level of discretion with confidential matters
• Law degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of CPR Rules

What we offer you

• Company Pension Scheme
• 22 days holiday, plus bank holidays (We have a buying holiday scheme that allows you to buy additional holidays during the annual holiday year)
• Health cash plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted legal services
• Season ticket loans
• Discounted online shopping
• Discounted gym memberships
• Cycle to work scheme

Further Information

As part of the Ascent on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, existing employees, clients, partners and other stakeholders