Conveyancing Secretary (Transfers)

A bank panel attorneys in Benoni needs someone who knows the Deeds Office process cold. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is in Benoni (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Request rates clearance and levy clearance figures from councils and body corporates
• Prepare final statements of account and pay out on registration
• Open transfer files from signed offers to purchase and check the terms
• Run Deeds Office searches and title deed checks
• Lodge documents at the Deeds Office and track them through examination

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

• Deeds Office lodgement runner experience in your city
• Sectional title and new development experience

• Parking or taxi allowance for Deeds Office runs
• Normal office hours with rare weekend work
• Paid conveyancing short courses
• 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.
• Name the conveyancing software and bank portals you know in your first CV section.