Ashfords is looking for a Paralegal to join our Rural and Residential team based in Exeter on a full-time and permanent basis.
As part of our Residential & Rural Property team, you’ll support solicitors and fee earners while also taking ownership of your own client files. You will assist with all aspects of residential and rural property transactions, including sales, purchases, re-mortgages, lease extensions, and rural matters such as farming tenancies and equestrian property sales.
Your role will involve regular liaison with clients, estate agents, solicitors, brokers, and financial institutions to ensure transactions run smoothly and efficiently. You will provide essential administrative support to fee earners, ensuring instructions and processes are accurately managed. In this varied and fast-paced role, you’ll contribute to a team-focused environment while developing your technical legal skills and gaining valuable experience, helping to deliver a seamless, stress-free service to our clients.
This is a busy and varied role where no two days are the same, offering the chance to further develop legal skills, and the opportunity to contribute to a team committed to making property transactions smooth and hassle-free.
Who you are
You are a proactive and organised paralegal or conveyancing professional with experience in a similar role, looking to further develop your career in residential and rural property law. You have a strong interest in property matters and a commitment to delivering excellent client service. You are confident managing your own client files while supporting fee earners, and you communicate effectively with clients, colleagues, estate agents, solicitors, brokers, and financial institutions.
You are detail-oriented, able to prioritise tasks in a busy environment, and motivated to develop your technical legal skills while contributing to a team dedicated to making property transactions efficient, smooth, and hassle-free.
At Ashfords, we believe in more than just doing great work - we believe in building a great place to work.
When you join us, you become part of a team where everything we do is underpinned by our four core values: Be Open, Think Team, Make a Difference and Always Grow. These values shape who we are and how we work - they guide our decisions, influence our culture, and drive the way we support our people, clients and communities.
With a clear focus on innovation, community involvement, and supporting a healthy work-life balance, we are committed to building an environment where our people can have a rewarding and meaningful career.
Whilst we recognise that every career journey is unique, we will be ambitious for you, giving you the tools, trust, and opportunities to develop your career, your way.
Our goal? To help you realise your full potential as part of a forward-thinking team.
Our offer
We know that our people are at the heart of everything we do – and that’s why we’re committed to supporting your wellbeing, growth and work-life balance.
Beyond our benefits package, you’ll be encouraged, no matter what your role or career level, to get involved in our Responsible Business programme, where you’ll support initiatives such as charity fundraising, environmental causes and our employee led diversity and inclusion groups.
You can find out more about our benefits by visiting the Reward & Wellbeing page on our website.
What’s next?
Our recruitment process typically involves two stages, which are designed not only to explore your skills and experience but also to give you a real insight into what it’s like to work at Ashfords. Throughout the process, our dedicated Talent Attraction team will be here to support you every step of the way.
We believe that building a firm with a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences drives innovation and strengthens our teams, and we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
To support your growth, we offer ongoing training and development opportunities to help you reach your full potential – so even if you don’t feel you match all the requirements of the job role, we’d still love to hear from you.
At Ashfords, we’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to succeed.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or would like to discuss anything regarding your application, please contact us at talentattraction@ashfords.co.uk .
For an informal and confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Kitty Hughes,Talent Attraction Assistant via email onkr.hughes@ashfords.co.uk
Or apply now, and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
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