Offer summary

Qualifications:

NQ to 2 years PQE Solicitor, FCILEx, or Licensed Conveyancer, Experience in property work, either residential or commercial, Strong communication skills and a personable demeanor, Ability to work collaboratively and independently.

Key responsibilities:

Acting for clients in a range of rural property transactions including buying, selling, and mortgaging

Managing a varied caseload with opportunities to develop new skills

Participating in marketing initiatives and building client relationships

Receiving mentorship while running your own caseload with supervision

Job description

HOURS: Full Time
CONTRACT: Permanent
TEAM: Rural Property
LOCATION: Exeter
FLEXIBLE/REMOTE: Yes
SALARY: DOE
REFERENCE: 25-15RP
DEADLINE: 18th May 2025

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Our busy and expanding Rural Property team provides a bespoke service across the South West tailored to meet our clients’ needs.

We have an experienced and well-respected team of skilled lawyers who pride themselves on their level of service, combining a traditional personal approach with speed and efficiency using the latest technology. A significant amount of work is received through recommendations from clients as well as from land and estate agents with whom we have excellent relationships.

What you’ll be doing

Your role as part of our rural property team will include acting for clients in a broad range of property work including buying, selling and mortgaging all manner of rural property from manor houses, farms and woodlands to holiday letting businesses and nature reserves. You will have a varied and interesting caseload (which will include some residential conveyancing of higher value properties) with the chance to hone existing skills and learn new ones, from overage and promotion agreements to dealing with easements and sporting rights. You will be supported in your work and mentored to run your own caseload with supervision. You will pro-actively participate in department and firm-wide marketing initiatives as well as initiate, build and maintain client and referrer relationships.

What you’ll have

You will be a NQ to 2 year PQE Solicitor, FCILEx, or Licensed Conveyancer with some experience of property work (whether residential or commercial) gained as part of your training or post qualification.

You will be personable, driven and enthusiastic and an effective communicator who is looking to build a successful career in rural property. As well as being comfortable working collaboratively within our team, you will also be able to work independently.

What we have

We believe that our people are our most important asset, and are committed to supporting our teams, cultivating a healthy culture of challenge and expectation with support and care. We invest in our teams and our infrastructure to ensure that we attract and retain talented staff and are committed to giving all colleagues the opportunity to reach their full potential, with a real focus on training and development.

Our values; high quality work, healthy growth and happy teams are at the heart of everything we do. Find out more about our vision and values, commitment to colleague wellbeing, and colleague benefits below.

See our vision and values and our commitment to colleague wellbeing

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