Overview
Join to apply for the Residential Development Plot Conveyancer role at Gateley. This is an exciting time to join our market leading Residential Development Unit as the team continues to win repeat and new work from its impressive client base of recognised national and regional housebuilders. As a plot conveyancer in our established and friendly Birmingham based team you will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and taking responsibility for your own plot sales matters with the assistance of a case management system. This is very much a client facing role where you can expect full encouragement and support in developing and maintaining those relationships.
Team and Practice
We are the leading residential development and urban regeneration legal team in the country acting for 18 of the top 20 UK housebuilders, institutional landowners such as Oxford University and other large-scale sector participants. We advise over the complete life cycle of new build housing from initial heads of terms, acquiring the land, obtaining planning permission, building out the scheme and the sale of the new homes. Schemes range from local developments of 50 new homes up to 20,000 unit green field urban extensions and multi-billion pound urban regeneration schemes in central London. We also advise our PLC clients at Group level on national issues such as cladding remediation post-Grenfell and Competition and Markets Authority investigations.
The Team
The team, which is over 240 strong and is based in 8 of our offices across England, operates within Gateley Plc’s Property Platform. This Platform comprises over 700 lawyers, surveyors, engineers, architects, accountants and support staff who provide a unique cross-disciplinary service delivery to our wider property client base. Part of the team’s is the sale of the new homes once built. These sales, which total approximately 15,000 plots and £3 billion in revenue each year, are handled by the Plot Sales team out of three regional hubs using highly developed IT processes and automation.
Responsibilities
* Handle own plot sales matters with the assistance of a case management system
* Maintain client relationships in a client-facing role
* Collaborate within a large multi-office team delivering residential development services
Requirements
* Excellent commercial acumen
* Great communication skills, both written and verbal
* Commitment to forging strong working relationships with our clients
* Ability and willingness to learn
* Strong attention to detail
* An organised approach in managing time, work priorities and deadlines
* A strong team working ethic
* Good IT skills, ideally including previous experience of working with a case management system
* Discretion and professionalism at all times
* Calm under pressure and able to operate efficiently in a fast-pace and demanding working environment
About You / Benefits
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus. In addition, learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform, My Flex rewards (annual leave, cycle to work, pension, etc.), and access to Perks At Work/Home. Gateley is a legal and professional services group with a focus on solving client problems and supporting over 5,700 active clients.
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are important parts of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from diverse backgrounds and provide equal opportunities. We are proud to be recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.
Additional Information
If you are successful in receiving an offer, pre-employment screening checks will be completed as relevant to the role.
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