Head of Conveyancing

Full job description

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to £80,000.00 per year

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for residential conveyancing?

We have an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic and driven Head of Department to lead and grow a thriving Residential Conveyancing team with the backing of a well-respected firm.

This role is ideal for an experienced solicitor or conveyancer who is ready to take the helm of a busy department, driving strategy, enhancing client experience, and inspiring a talented team to deliver outstanding results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Strategy: Spearhead the department’s strategic growth and direction, aligning with firm-wide objectives to ensure the team consistently achieves its goals.
• Client Excellence: Champion exceptional client care, focusing on innovative solutions and efficiency to make the conveyancing process smooth, transparent, and client-focused.
• Team Development: Mentor, support, and lead a team of conveyancers and support staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.
• Business Development: Drive growth by building and nurturing relationships with estate agents, mortgage brokers, and other key stakeholders, and identify opportunities to expand the market share.
• Risk & Compliance: Oversee compliance with regulatory standards and manage risk effectively, ensuring the department operates to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism.

Benefits: Extremely competitive package on offer!

My client offers a friendly, collaborative and personable team environment, along with flexibility (hybrid options, as well as flexitime), with a genuine respect for home life, a lucrative bonus structure and generous discretionary bonuses, as well as up to 30 days annual leave, and continued support with training, accreditations and funding for professional courses.

Required:

• Ideally you will have over 8 years of experience within residential property.
• You will be a qualified solicitor, CLC, CILEX or a well established non-qualified fee earner.
• Ability to manage a varied caseload, whilst supervising and mentoring a team of junior fee earners.
• Consistent and proven track record of billings.
• Have a keen interest in business development, and consistently seek ways in which to promote the firm.
• Strong ability to win and retain clients.
• Excellent client care skills, project management skills, and a personable approach to mentoring/upskilling.
• Ambitious and driven!

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme
• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Financial planning services
• Flexitime
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Transport links
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Birmingham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Residential Property: 7 years (required)
• Supervising: 4 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham