Junior Conveyancing Secretary (Trainee)

Buyers and sellers are waiting on your file at a property development law firm in Alberton, and every step counts. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

Home base is a property development law firm on the Alberton side of Gauteng.

• Apply for transfer duty receipts on SARS eFiling
• Open transfer files from signed offers to purchase and check the terms
• Lodge documents at the Deeds Office and track them through examination
• Request rates clearance and levy clearance figures from councils and body corporates
• Update agents, banks and clients on file progress on the bank portal and by email
• Prepare deeds of transfer, powers of attorney and bond documents

• Clear, polite updates to anxious buyers and sellers
• Knowledge of bank panel instruction portals and LAWtrust digital signing
• Organised enough to run 60 or more live files
• At least 2 years of conveyancing or bond work
• Matric, with a conveyancing course for secretary posts
• Admission as a conveyancer for conveyancer posts

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

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

• 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.