Deceased Estate Conveyancing Paralegal

Job Description

The deceased estate conveyancing transfer Team at RVC Inc attend to transfers of immovable property from deceased estates to third parties, whether in terms of testate or intestate succession or to by way of sale out of a respective deceased estate. The transfer usually also involves various other applications including but not only divorce transfers that have not taken place prior to death.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

To assess the estate transfer instruction.
To liaise with the estate practitioner, purchaser, estate agent in order to acquire all relevant information and documents necessary to attend to the instruction.
To attend to the necessary drafting of the various transfer documents.
To request payment and attend to finances on a transfer instruction from start to finish.
To liaise with various other attorneys that may be involved in a transactions, bond cancellation and/or bond attorneys.
To receive incoming calls as the first point of contact and be able to communicate efficiently and professionally both orally and in writing.
To respond to queries from internal and external queries.
Be proactive by following up on outstanding information and/or documents and payment of various necessary monies.
Assisting Conveyancers and other team members with a broad scope of administrative as well as legal matters duties.
Be proactive by following up on outstanding matters.

Education and Requirements

Minimum of 3 years' experience in the conveyancing field, especially transfers
Minimum of 1 year of deceased estate transfers
Industry Relevant qualification(s)
Lexis Convey
Ghost practice

Behavioural Competencies and Soft Skills

Attention to detail and an extremely organized nature
Ability to prioritize and diarize exceptionally well
Ability to interact with a range of different stakeholders and to provide excellent service
Eager to learn new skills and also to grow in the role
Team orientated to work within the existing deceased estate transfer team but also self-driven to work independently

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