Reed
Senior Residential Property Solicitor
- Annual Salary: Competitive
- Location: Chatham, Flexible Home Working
- Job Type: Full-time
We are seeking an experienced Senior Residential Property Solicitor with circa 5+ years of post-qualification experience to join our team at our Chatham office. This role offers flexibility to work from home and involves specialising in a full spectrum of property work. The successful candidate will play a central role in establishing and expanding our residential real estate presence in Chatham.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Handling the sale and purchase of freehold and leasehold properties.
- Dealing with new build purchases from developers, ownership transfers, lease extensions, and re-mortgages.
- Leading marketing and business development efforts to successfully expand the team's presence in the residential real estate market in Chatham.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years PQE experience in residential property law.
- Solid background acting for both homeowners and investors, ideally within the Kent market.
- Strong marketing and business development skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Organised with the ability to prioritise workload.
- Commercially aware with the ability to add value to the practice.
Benefits:
- Flexible home working options.
- Life Assurance Benefits Scheme providing 4x basic salary in the event of death.
- Auto-Enrolment Pension Scheme with total contributions of 10% of pensionable earnings.
- Health Cash Plan covering essential health costs and a 24-hour confidential counselling helpline.
- BUPA Healthcare and Dental with a contribution by the partners.
- Bonus schemes for both support staff and fee earners.
- Interest-free Season Ticket Loan after probation.
- Long Service Awards and additional annual leave for long service.
- Funded Professional Memberships linked to the role.
- Discounted Legal Advice.
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay.
- Employee Referral Scheme with bonus payment.
- Corporate discounts on gym memberships and local theatre tickets.
- Active Social Committee organizing charity events, quiz nights, and annual social gatherings.
To apply for this Senior Residential Property Solicitor position, please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing your reasons for applying and your relevant experience to Mark Watts, Your Reed Local Legal Recruitment Expert, and generally really lovely, highly experienced, friendly, honest guy!
To apply for this job please visit www.reed.co.uk.
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