Junior Conveyancing Secretary (Trainee)

Keep transfers, bonds and cancellations moving at a general practice with a property department in Johannesburg CBD. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Johannesburg CBD (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Prepare deeds of transfer, powers of attorney and bond documents
• Request rates clearance and levy clearance figures from councils and body corporates
• Lodge documents at the Deeds Office and track them through examination
• Apply for transfer duty receipts on SARS eFiling
• Book signing appointments and explain costs to buyers and sellers

• Knowledge of bank panel instruction portals and LAWtrust digital signing
• At least 2 years of conveyancing or bond work
• Organised enough to run 60 or more live files
• Experience on a conveyancing system such as GhostConvey, LegalSuite or AJS

• Estate late transfers
• Deeds Office lodgement runner experience in your city

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

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