Job Introduction

Job Title: Property Sales and Conveyancing Support Officer

Salary Banding: £19,200-£24,000

Job Location:  Warrington

Contract Duration:  Permanent

Hours (weekly):  35 (Monday to Friday)

Do you have experience in property sales?  Are you looking for a fresh challenge where your conveyancing support experience can be fully utilised?

Your Housing Group has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Property Sales and Conveyancing Support Officer to join the Commercial Transaction Team as a Commercial Transaction Officer, based at our modern Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington.

The Commercial Transaction Team support’s the Group by administering the sales process in respect of Low Cost Home Ownership (LCHO), Assignments (Re-Sales), Staircasing, Right to Buy, Right to Acquire and some land sales on behalf of the Group. 

As a Commercial Transaction / Property Sales and Conveyancing Support Officer you will be the ‘go-to’ person on all land ownership and property transactions, facilitating the Group’s Right to Buy and Right to Acquire sales, new plot sales, staircasing sales, and assignments.

You will utilise your excellent communication skills liaising with customers, internal colleagues, surveyors and solicitors, providing advice and support with legal aspects of the Group’s landholdings including site set up’s, disputes, boundary issues, deeds of variation, grant of easements, leases etc.

As a Commercial Transaction / Property Sales and Conveyancing Support Officer you will build positive and productive working relationships with partners (valuers, Estate Agents, Solicitors) to ensure we  meet the needs of leases agreements and legislation.

If you have……

• experience providing informed legal advice in conveyancing, land ownership and property transactions
• experience of facilitating LCHO sales and the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire for a Registered Provider
• knowledge of leasehold legislation ( Landlord and Tenant Acts 1985 / 1987 and Common hold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002)
• excellent Customer Service Skills and attention to detail and an ability to interpret complex information e.g. leases and transfer agreements                                                                         …………. then we would love to hear from you!

We offer a competitive salary, up to 25 days annual leave, (increasing with length of service), plus Bank Holidays and an option to buy/sell at the beginning of each holiday year, alongside a highly flexible working culture and other excellent benefits and rewards. 

Your Housing Group is a new generation of housing provider, working efficiently and effectively to build as many quality houses as possible, thereby playing its part in solving the national housing crisis. With over 28,000 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the business has a large portfolio of retirement living developments and an innovative private rental offer in Nuvu.

Prior to completing your application, please review the attached Role Profile to better understand the role and key responsibilities.                            

Closing date:  25th November 2019                  

Should we receive a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy earlier than the date indicated above, therefore, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property.  It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview.  Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified.YHG1

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