Conveyancing Clerk (Sectional Title Developments)

You'll move property transfers from signed offer to registration at a property development law firm in Stellenbosch. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is Stellenbosch-based, with most of your time spent at a property development law firm. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Fix Deeds Office rejection notes quickly and relodge
• Open transfer files from signed offers to purchase and check the terms
• Book signing appointments and explain costs to buyers and sellers
• Lodge documents at the Deeds Office and track them through examination
• Prepare deeds of transfer, powers of attorney and bond documents
• Request rates clearance and levy clearance figures from councils and body corporates
• Request bond cancellation figures and guarantees from banks

• Organised enough to run 60 or more live files
• At least 2 years of conveyancing or bond work
• Experience on a conveyancing system such as GhostConvey, LegalSuite or AJS
• Clear, polite updates to anxious buyers and sellers
• Matric, with a conveyancing course for secretary posts

• Deeds Office lodgement runner experience in your city
• Estate late transfers
• Notarial bonds and servitudes

• Registration bonus per file at some firms
• Paid conveyancing short courses
• Normal office hours with rare weekend work

• Name the conveyancing software and bank portals you know in your first CV section.
• Mention the Deeds Office you usually lodge at, such as Pretoria or Cape Town, since practice differs slightly.