Legal Assistant/Senior Legal Assistant – Residential Conveyancing

Legal Assistant / Senior Legal Assistant – Residential Conveyancing

Shaftesbury, North Dorset. Farnfields Solicitors is looking for a Legal Assistant / Senior Legal Assistant to join our Residential Conveyancing Team at our Shaftesbury office. This is a permanent role, ideally full‑time (minimum 34 hours per week), primarily office‑based, with scope to work remotely one day per week following training and induction. This newly created role will support the Head of the Shaftesbury Conveyancing Team in a busy and varied position. Previous experience in a legal support role is preferred, ideally within residential conveyancing.

The role

You will provide transactional support within a fast‑paced residential conveyancing team. The role will involve client onboarding, compliance procedures, file progression, exchanges, completions and post‑completion administration, together with regular contact with clients, estate agents, mortgage advisers and other professio...