Conveyancing Head of Department

Our Legal 500 and Lexcel accredited client is looking for a hands on Conveyancing Head of Department to lead their Residential Property team. As Conveyancing Head of Department, you'll guide and support your team, ensure clients receive an outstanding service, and help drive the department's operational, financial, and overall success within the firm.

Our Legal 500 client is a nationwide, full service firm with 20+ offices, praised for its high quality advice and strong client satisfaction. Combining top tier expertise with commercial insight, the firm delivers strategic, expert support across all practice areas.

• Manage, supervise and support your team, including recruitment, one to ones, appraisals, setting objectives and overseeing performance against agreed targets.
• Monitor case handling standards, ensuring client demands are met, cases progress appropriately and complex or high profile matters receive the right level of guidance.
• Oversee team budgets, financial performance, fee earning targets and identify opportunities to grow the team's revenue and capacity.
• Provide strong, motivational leadership, ensuring team members receive appropriate training, supervision and development, including trainees and junior staff.
• Ensure monthly file reviews are completed, client files are well maintained, tasks are appropriately delegated and supervised, and business sources are accurately logged.
• Work collaboratively with HR to support effective recruitment and retention and manage outstanding or bad debt within the team.

• 26 days holiday + BH's
• Christmas week closure
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Bonus holiday scheme (up to 12 additional days leave a year)
• Annual bonus
• Hybrid working
• Online training courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Monthly fun events with prizes.
• Medicash Scheme and EAP

For more information about this Conveyancing Head of Department vacancy please contact Mia Henderson quoting reference 37571. PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL (INCLUDING SPAM FOLDER) FOR CONFIRMATION THAT YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
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