Junior Conveyancing Secretary (Trainee)

Keep transfers, bonds and cancellations moving at a property development law firm in Richards Bay. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Richards Bay (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

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

• At least 2 years of conveyancing or bond work
• Admission as a conveyancer for conveyancer posts
• Clear, polite updates to anxious buyers and sellers
• Knowledge of bank panel instruction portals and LAWtrust digital signing

• Estate late transfers
• Notarial bonds and servitudes

• Paid conveyancing short courses
• Registration bonus per file at some firms
• Parking or taxi allowance for Deeds Office runs

• State how many files you run at once and whether you do transfers, bonds or cancellations; it tells firms where you fit.
• Name the conveyancing software and bank portals you know in your first CV section.