Legal Adviser

Legal Adviser

Basingstoke

Permanent

A great opportunity for a Legal Adviser to join a busy department that focuses on selling Shared Ownership properties and private sales of new build homes on a full time, permanent basis. Full training will be provided; you will be given the skills and knowledge to manage your own set of property transactions therefore you must be highly organised with the ability to manage your own workload.

The successful candidate will be required to travel between offices and occasionally to properties so you should be happy to travel and have access to transport.

Key duties:

• Creating documents from templates such as contracts, transfers and shared ownership leases.
• Working with buyers' solicitors and estate agents to move sales forward.
• Getting updates on transactions and sharing these with our Sales and Development Teams.
• Checking mortgages to ensure they meet requirements
• Reviewing plans to ensure they follow Land Registry rules.
• Handling or passing on queries to senior team members.
• Checking files before exchange and advising on next steps.
• Helping senior team members with various tasks and supporting the wider Legal team when needed.
• Office tasks related to property sales and team administration.

Required skills:

You might have a law degree, Graduate Diploma in Law or have started or finished the Legal Practice Course or be working towards CILEX membership. You'll also need:

• Qualification in property law or similar knowledge from work is beneficial
• Good planning skills with the ability to organise your work well.
• Basic business sense and good thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Clear speaking and writing skills.
• Good eye for detail with the ability to adapt to deliver our service.
• Ability to build good working links within the Legal team, with colleagues and other partners.
• Ability to make good choices and be discreet.
• Good grades and computer skills.

The successful candidate will get full training for the role. These qualities are helpful but not required:

• Work experience in a business, law firm, in-house legal department, housing association or council, managing your own work and preferably working on legal cases.
• Experience in a similar role, or in legal matters for house sales.
• Knowledge of the key steps in a property sale.
• Experience using case management systems.
• Experience in an office role.