Junior Conveyancing Secretary (Trainee)

Keep transfers, bonds and cancellations moving at a general practice with a property department in Vanderbijlpark. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is Vanderbijlpark-based, with most of your time spent at a general practice with a property department. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Fix Deeds Office rejection notes quickly and relodge
• Request rates clearance and levy clearance figures from councils and body corporates
• Book signing appointments and explain costs to buyers and sellers
• Request bond cancellation figures and guarantees from banks
• Update agents, banks and clients on file progress on the bank portal and by email
• Run Deeds Office searches and title deed checks

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

• Estate late transfers
• Sectional title and new development experience
• Notarial bonds and servitudes

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

• 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.