Home Buying & New Business Advisor

Gilson Gray LLP; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable law firm is looking for a Home Buying & New Business Advisor in Scotland. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in property or conveyancing roles to engage clients and build strong relationships. Responsibilities include advising on market trends, maintaining client relationships, and utilizing systems for accurate record-keeping. Expertise in Microsoft Office and customer service is essential. This role offers opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a property or conveyancing role.
• Strong ability to build relations for future business.
• Experience in client relations and sales or purchase negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients and referrers to build strong relationships.
• Advise clients across Scotland on market trends.
• Keep accurate accounts of client circumstances.

Skills

Client relationship building

Knowledge of Scottish property market

Customer service

Negotiation

Use of client management systems

Tools

Microsoft Office

Advanced Excel

Job description

Home Buying & New Business Advisor - Edinburgh or Glasgow

About Gilson Gray

Gilson Gray’s New Business team is part of Gilson Gray’s continuously growing Residential Conveyancing department. Gilson Gray LLP is a comprehensive law firm, offering expert legal, property, and financial services. We support clients throughout their entire lifetime. Gilson Gray’s New Business team plays an integral role in the development of business and the introduction of transactions to the conveyancing team, ensuring a strong relationship with existing referrers and clients alike.

We focus on ensuring we provide the highest level of advice and ongoing service to our clients. We are ambitious and have an increasing number of advisers and support staff aiming to grow our market presence significantly. We have significantly grown the team over the course of the last year. We pride ourselves in looking after our clients personally and providing the utmost standard of service.

This role can be based either in our Edinburgh or Glasgow office.

Our Team

We have a highly engaged, collaborative team that supports each other to achieve the best results possible. We work hard but take time to celebrate success also.

We are a company that cares about building an inclusive, collaborative place to work where you can stretch yourself, personally and professionally. We value a diverse team and believe the variety of experiences and backgrounds within our team makes us stronger.

We are looking to hire a highly driven Home Buying & New Business Advisor to join our successful New Business team.

The Role

We are looking to further strengthen our current team with the appointment of an experienced candidate.

As a Home Buying & New Business Advisor at Gilson Gray LLP you’ll be responsible for:

• Engaging with clients and referrers to build strong relationships to ensure an excellent client experience and outcome.
• Continually keeping clients and referrers up to date and advised at every stage of the process, ensuring a smooth and efficient experience for the client.
• Advising clients across Scotland on current market trends and price margins in line with the local area.
• Using the in-house system to keep an accurate account of client circumstances, funding arrangements and position.
• Assisting clients in discussing processes such as sale and purchase conveyancing, the release of equity, re-mortgages and transfer of title work.
• Reporting regularly to the New Business Management team.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Previous experience in a property or conveyancing role, ideally in client relations, sale or purchase negotiation.
• Knowledge of the Scottish property market, conveyancing process and strong ability to build relations for future business.
• Experience of using client management systems
• Broad experience of Microsoft Office, advanced Excel and strong experience of customer service via telephone and email.