Jacksons have a new opportunity for a motivated and experienced Fee Earner to join its successful Residential department. Based at its newly renovated open-plan Stockton office, the successful candidate will be joining Jacksons' largest department made up of 34 colleagues, who work across the firm's two office sites.

The duties will be varied and rewarding and will include:

• Managing a mixed case load of sale, purchase and Buy to Let residential properties, leasehold matters, help and right to buy schemes, new build property purchase and sales, mortgages/re-mortgages, shared ownership and affordable housing, and transfer of equity.
• Providing effective communication and excellent customer care to clients at each stage of their journey.
• Taking an active role in business development, to support building professional relationships and growing our client base.

This role is open to candidates seeking part time working hours (3 / 4 days per week), or alternatively, full time hours may be considered on a fixed term basis. Jacksons also operate a flexible working scheme, to help employees to balance the demands of their work and home life. Speak to them about your ideal work pattern!

About You

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• A minimum 2 years’ experience in a fee earning role. Whilst ideally candidates will be a qualified Solicitor / Legal Executive /Licenced Conveyancer, Jacksons will consider non-qualified candidates who meet its experience requirements.
• Prior experience of managing a busy and varied residential property caseload.
• Knowledge of the legal aspects of residential transactions, including Freehold and Leasehold, new build transactions including reviewing TP1s, and using the Land Registry Portal and lender portals would be advantageous.
• Commercial awareness
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to travel to the firm’s Newcastle office on an occasional basis, in line with the needs of the business.

Applications

To apply, please send a copy of your up-to-date CV to recruitment@jacksons.law.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to receive a full job description, please contact Jacksons' HR Team on the above email address or call 0333 210 1876.

Please note that salary expectations will be discussed at interview and will be dependent upon
your skills and experience.