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Please register your interest in any of the roles listed below (using the form at the bottom of this page) and we’ll contact you when these roles arise.
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We understand that it is important to provide clarity on how your career can develop with us, and what the salary bands are for each stage of your career - please click here for more information.
OUR TEAM
DAWN PICKETT
LICENSED CONVEYANCER & DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES Dawn is the founder of DP Conveyancing Property Law Limited with over 27 years experience in the Legal Profession within a number of law firms. 
DANIELLE BARRON
PROPERTY LAW TECHNICIAN Danielle is a Law Graduate, and specialises in conveyancing support within the firm. 
PETER EFFARD
MANAGING DIRECTOR Peter is a Continuous Improvement (CI) and Organisational Development (OD) expert, as well as a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt with over 30 years of business experience. 
DEBBIE TAYLOR
CONVEYANCER Debbie is a conveyancer with over 25 years experience in the Legal Profession within a number of law firms. |
MARIE PATEY
LICENSED CONVEYANCER & DIRECTOR (PARTNER) Marie is a qualified licensed conveyancer with over 24 years experience in the Legal Profession within a number of law firms. 
AMBER FORD
OFFICE ADMIN ASSISTANT Amber is an Office Admin Assistant and specialises in conveyancing support within the firm. 
HELEN DONALDSON
CONVEYANCER Helen is a conveyancer with over 25 years experience in the Legal Profession within a number of law firms. |
CONVEYANCING ASSISTANT / PARALEGAL / LEGAL SECRETARY VACANCy
THIS role has now been filled, but if you would like to register an interest for future roles, please contact us :)
Conveyancing Assistant / Paralegal / Legal Secretary
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1 role in Gateshead & 1 role in Forest Hall |
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£18,000 to £26,000 |
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Permanent, Full time or Part Time |
Looking to join a family run firm that specialises in Residential Conveyancing?
Due to our continued success, we have two permanent roles available ( full time or part time ).
Each role is for an experienced Conveyancing Assistant / Paralegal / Legal Secretary who has worked in a conveyancing department for a minimum of 2 to 3 years.
The role primarily involves the day to day support of Licensed Conveyancers and Solicitors (Fee Earners) as well helping junior colleagues to learn and develop.
The role can be either full time or part time with flexible working options and if you are interested in either applying or just learning more about the role, then we can arrange an informal and confidential chat.
THE FIRM
The firm has established itself as a premier provider of Conveyancing Services in the North East and offers excellent career opportunities as it continues to grow and expand.
As a modern, professional Conveyancing firm, our aim is to put a smile on the face of our clients, Estate Agent and Mortgage Broker partners by providing a friendly and efficient service. We are neither an ‘old school’ firm nor a target obsessed ‘conveyancing factory’ where each individuals must hit individual objectives. Our measure of success is ensuring staff are happy in their roles with a sense of pride and achievement on completion day - and this in turn leads to happy clients and agents who come back to us time after time.
HOW WE WORK
Our guiding principle is to make it as easy as possible for you to do your Conveyancing related job with clear communication at each stage of the Conveyancing process, and we achieve this through a combination of:
- Investment in technology using the UK’s foremost quote generation and case management system. This easy to use system dramatically reduces the level of administration and automatically communicates the right information at the right time to all parties, so reducing the number of calls into the office that in turn creates time to do the real conveyancing work
- Highly effective and fit for purpose client forms and streamlined office processes
- Avoiding the provision of ‘cheap Conveyancing’, which means we are able to control caseload level to one that is well balanced and achievable
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
- To support Fee Earners in day to day work
- To provide secretarial support when required
- To support junior colleagues as they learn and develop
- To answer and make phone calls to and from clients, others solicitors, estate agents etc
- To organise and maintain case files
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful candidate will be:
- Experienced in supporting Fee Earners in a variety of areas
- Capable of carrying out general office duties to a high standard
- Able to maintain a high level of presentation and accuracy
- Able to keep track of key dates
- Able to liaise directly with clients and other professionals; making appointments and managing diaries
- Able to assist with the development of office procedures
The successful candidate will have the following personal qualities:
- Enthusiastic and hardworking
- Have an keen eye for detail
- Organised
- Keen to learn
- Keen to help junior members of staff to learn and develop
It would be expected that an experienced applicant will be able to ‘hit the ground running’ in terms of the following types of activities:
- Process Memorandums of Sale from Estate Agents
- Carry out and check pre-contract searches
- Prepare Report on Searches
- Prepare Report on Mortgage terms
- Prepare replies to Completion & Undertaking form
- Prepare Contract documentation to send to client for signature
- Prepare and submit Land Registry applications
- Obtain and check land registry documents and title deeds
- Request redemption statements
- Prepare Draft Contracts
- Prepare Completion letters
- Apply for OS1 & K16 searches at HMLR
- Check replies to enquiries & support reports to client
- Prepare completion statements
- Prepare transfer deeds
SALARY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- CPD and financial support - We believe that people go to work to do a good job, and the firm is committed to helping those who wish to learn and develop their technical expertise and career through a variety of roles, with full support in terms of continuous professional development, further education and professional fees. If you’re tied into re-paying training costs or fees to your existing employer, then we’re more than happy to discuss how we can help.
- Career ladder- As a firm, we believe it is important to provide clarity on career opportunities linked to knowledge, skills, experience and service to our clients - please scroll down for more information. Please click https://goo.gl/PXZ3u5 for more information.
- Growth - Over the next two to three years, we will be looking to provide more opportunities within the firm as we open additional branches in North Shields as well the Sunderland and South Shields area.
A variety of benefits exist including pension, bonus system, discounted legal services, free eye tests and 1 day paid time off to volunteer in your local community.
OTHER BENEFITS
A variety of benefits exist including pension, discounted legal services, free eye tests and 1 day paid time off to volunteer in your local community.
HOLIDAYS
We provide a holiday allowance of 33 days (including 8 bank holidays) with up to 5 extra days for long service.
HOW TO APPLY OR REGISTER AN INTEREST
If you would like to have an informal and confidential chat with over a coffee during or after normal office hours (or over the weekend) then please make arrangements via Pete on peter.effard@dpconveyancing.co.uk and we look forward meeting up – Dawn and Pete.
fee earner VACANCy
THIS ROLE HAS NOW BEEN FILLED, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER AN INTEREST FOR FUTURE ROLES, PLEASE CONTACT US :)
Residential property lawyer / ConveyancING Fee Earner (with partnership opportunity)
Location: |
Gateshead or Forest Hall |
Salary: |
£23,000 to £32,000 |
Job type: |
Permanent, Full time or Part time |
Looking to join a family run firm that specialises in Residential Conveyancing?
Due to our continued success, conversion to a limited company and expansion, we have a permanent role available .
For more experienced applicants, a partnership opportunity is also available if you're keen to develop your career and the role will be initially based at our Head Office in Gateshead, with the option of working from our new branch in Forest Hall or remaining in the Gateshead office.
The role can be either full time or part time with flexible working options, and if you are interested in either applying or just learning more about the role, then we can arrange an informal and confidential chat.
THE FIRM
As a modern, professional Conveyancing firm, our aim is to put a smile on the face of our clients, Estate Agent and Mortgage Broker partners by providing a friendly and efficient service.
We are neither an ‘old school’ firm nor a target obsessed ‘conveyancing factory’ where each Conveyancer must hit individual objectives, and our measure of success is ensuring staff are happy in their roles with a sense of pride and achievement on completion day - and this in turn leads to happy clients and agents who come back to us time after time.
HOW WE WORK
Our guiding principle is to make it as easy as possible for you to do your Conveyancing job with clear communication at each stage of the Conveyancing process, and we achieve this through a combination of:
- Investment in technology using the UK’s foremost quote generation and case management system. This easy to use system dramatically reduces the level of administration and automatically communicates the right information at the right time to all parties, so reducing the number of calls into the office that in turn creates time to do the real conveyancing work
- Highly effective and fit for purpose client forms and streamlined office processes
- Avoiding the provision of ‘cheap Conveyancing’, which means we are able to manage the volume of your caseload to one that is well balanced and achievable
The combination of these approaches all help with the important ‘people management and communication’ aspects of our role, freeing up time to get into the more interesting aspects of the legal Conveyancing side as well as providing a greater level of confidence in being able to manage your caseload effectively, resulting in less stress at the same time as being more able to provide a friendly, helpful and efficient service.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
We are looking for an experienced conveyancing fee earner, who has independently managed files from start to finish for a minimum of 3 years, and one who can 'hit the ground running'. We appreciate that the role of ‘residential conveyancing fee earner’ can cover a wide range of knowledge and skills and we welcome applications from various backgrounds including:
(a) Licensed Conveyancers - with 2 years PQE
(b) Conveyancing Solicitors - with 2 years PQE
(c) Chartered Legal Executives - with 2 years PQE
In terms of experience, I’m sure you’ll agree that none of us will ever know everything about Conveyancing, and so we’re not expecting you to be the font of all knowledge - what we’re really interested in is a desire for continuous learning and doing the best we can for our clients.
What we’re not expecting is for you to bring your own clients through your existing contacts, as we have multiple streams of instructions from various sources. We are also aware that ‘drumming up business’ is not everyone’s cup of tea and we do not expect this from you, unless you’d like to of course, as part of your career development.
SALARY, CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
CPD and financial support - We believe that people go to work to do a good job, and the firm is committed to helping those who wish to learn and develop their technical expertise and career through a variety of roles, with full support in terms of continuous professional development, further education and professional fees. If you’re tied into re-paying training costs or fees to your existing employer, then we’re more than happy to discuss how we can help.
Career ladder - As a firm, we believe it is important to provide clarity on career opportunities linked to knowledge, skills, experience and service to our clients - please scroll down for more information.
Partnership opportunities & Growth - Over the next two to three years, we will be looking to offer more partnerships within the firm as we open additional branches in the Sunderland and South Shields area, in addition to our Gateshead Head Office and newly planned North Shields branch.
Not ready to expand your role just yet? - We also understand that some people may not wish to take on more complex caseloads or go down the management / supervisory career path at certain points in their life, and that’s OK as we value those team members who just want to focus on their current role, as much as those to who have future career advancement and management ambitions.
OTHER BENEFITS
A variety of benefits exist including pension, discounted legal services, free eye tests and 1 day paid time off to volunteer in your local community.
HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAY COVER
Along with a holiday allowance of 33 days (including 8 bank holidays) with up to 5 extra days for long service, we also ensure caseloads are shared during your holiday period, with emails answered and files progressed to help provide peace of mind when you’re away, and minimise the first week back overload (we’ve all been there!).
THE LOCATIONS
Gateshead (Head office) - Our head office is based in Team Valley, Gateshead, which is easily accessible by public transport and the building has a large car park in a safe, well-lit public area, along with excellent café facilities on the doorstep.
North Shields (Branch office) – Opens 2019.
HOW TO APPLY OR REGISTER AN INTEREST
If you would like to have an informal and confidential chat with over a coffee during or after normal office hours (or over the weekend) then please make arrangements via Pete on peter.effard@dpconveyancing.co.uk and we look forward meeting up – Dawn and Pete.
career pathway & SALARY BANDS
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Salary bands are linked to knowledge, skills, experience and service to our clients, and the firm is committed to helping those who wish to learn and develop their technical expertise and career through a variety of roles, with full support in terms of continuous professional development, further education and professional fees.
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