Bond Registration Secretary (Bank Panel)

Buyers and sellers are waiting on your file at a property development law firm in Bloemfontein, and every step counts. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is Bloemfontein-based, with most of your time spent at a property development law firm.

• Prepare final statements of account and pay out on registration
• Run Deeds Office searches and title deed checks
• Book signing appointments and explain costs to buyers and sellers
• Prepare deeds of transfer, powers of attorney and bond documents
• Open transfer files from signed offers to purchase and check the terms
• Request rates clearance and levy clearance figures from councils and body corporates
• Fix Deeds Office rejection notes quickly and relodge

• Matric, with a conveyancing course for secretary posts
• Clear, polite updates to anxious buyers and sellers
• Experience on a conveyancing system such as GhostConvey, LegalSuite or AJS
• Knowledge of bank panel instruction portals and LAWtrust digital signing
• Admission as a conveyancer for conveyancer posts
• At least 2 years of conveyancing or bond work

• Parking or taxi allowance for Deeds Office runs
• Normal office hours with rare weekend work
• Registration bonus per file at some firms

• Mention the Deeds Office you usually lodge at, such as Pretoria or Cape Town, since practice differs slightly.
• State how many files you run at once and whether you do transfers, bonds or cancellations; it tells firms where you fit.