Conveyancing Assistant in Oxford

Are you an experienced Conveyancing Assistant based in the Oxford area looking for an opportunity to develop your career further in a friendly and supportive team within a leading UK Law firm?

We have a fantastic opportunity right now for a Conveyancing Assistant to join our Plot Sales team in our Oxford hub and would be keen to hear from you if this sounds like the ideal role for you.

This is a great opportunity to develop your Conveyancing Assistant skills in an interesting and challenging sector.

(Due to the location of our office in the OX2 area, you will need your own transport.

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Our Conveyancing Assistants are a valuable and vital part of the team, providing crucial support to the wider Conveyancing team, supporting their caseloads, and assisting in an administrative capacity. 

At Foot Anstey, our people, like our values, are at the very heart of our business.

You will be working in an agile and non-hierarchical environment, being a central member of the team delivering solutions focused work for our clients.

With a huge technology agenda on the horizon for the Foot Anstey group, you will be exposed to new and creative ways of working which will enhance not only your IT ability but allow for a more client focused approach.

Our client service, tailored approach and technical expertise are what set us apart in this market.

What you will do

As a Conveyancing Assistant you will support the work of the Conveyancing team, along with general and more complex administration tasks.

You will be working closely with our Conveyancers and Legal Administrators to ensure a first-class service is provided.

You will be responsible for amending and collating letters with enclosures in line with set deadlines, ensuring sign off as appropriate by the relevant Lawyer, as well as carrying out a number of post-completion tasks with a view to taking on responsibility for deadlines as the role progresses.

You will communicate with clients, stakeholders, and third parties, responding to correspondence, calls and emails in a prompt manner.

You will work with the Matter Lawyers, Team Manager and others within the wider Real Estate Group where required in a role which allows plenty of room for growth and development onto more complex tasks, if desired.

What we're looking for

Our team's success has been underpinned by the success of all our employees.

We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate, and driven people to join us and in return we will support you and your career development through ongoing comprehensive training.

About the team

Our Conveyancing Services team spans a multitude of different specialisms.

Each team have specific levels of support and technical experience, and each of our Conveyancers take ownership of their caseloads, assisting their clients through the drafting of relevant documents and ensuring compliance to enable housing transactions to go through smoothly – we really strive to get to know our clients and take the responsibility of our instructions seriously.

But don't worry, not only do you get to feel that you're really making a difference individually to your clients and our business, you will have the backing of a 50 employee + size team to help you along the way.

We are an accredited member of the Conveyancing Quality Scheme and have been appointed to over 60 of the major UK lending panels.

Our continued success has led to us receiving accolades such as the best firm in our region at the ESTA Conveyancing awards 2019.

Pre-employment screening

Successful applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process which includes a financial integrity check and a DBS check.

If you wish to discuss any issues or questions in connection with this, please do speak in confidence with a member of the Talent Acquisition Team at

Eligibility to work in the UK

Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process.

All candidates must be able to prove their right to work in the UK, which may include meeting the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship.

Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying and keep up to date with any legal developments.

Our offer to you

In return for your efforts, you can expect considerable scope for personal as well as professional development.

We encourage people to engage with our popular and well supported coaching and mentoring programmes, which connect you to people right across the firm and at every level.

We create space for mental and physical wellbeing with our weekly Lifestyle Hour, 28 days annual leave, a day off for your birthday, and a sabbatical you can take every 5 years.

You can also buy holiday and manage your benefits flexibly using our sophisticated portal to configure your total reward offer according to what you value most.

As part of this, you can make ongoing or one-off donations to our charitable foundation and access our CSR programme where you can engage with community-based initiatives (as a team, or individually) twice a year, to give something back where you feel it matters. 

Take a look here to find out more about Our benefits | Foot Anstey.