New Build Property Fee Earner

BRIDGEND – £40,000 - £60,000

New Build Property Fee Earner, South Wales
 
This is a unique opportunity to build and lead your own new build team. The firm have a presence across the M4 and so this role could suit anyone based between Cardiff and Swansea and the firm also offers some hybrid working as part of the core hours.
 
The Opportunity
You will take the lead in:
  • Establishing and developing a dedicated New Build Property offering.
  • Building, mentoring, and managing your own specialist team.
  • Shaping processes, workflows, and service standards.
  • Driving business development and strengthening developer relationships.
  • Positioning the department for sustained growth and profitability.
With full autonomy and strategic support, you will play a pivotal role in expanding their Residential Property presence in the market.
 
This is a rare and exciting opportunity for an ambitious New Build Property Solicitor, Legal Executive or Licensed Conveyancer to shape a brand-new specialist team , something of your very own.
 
 
Your Role
You will:
  • Manage and oversee your own caseload of new build purchases and related transactions from instruction to completion.
  • Handle sales, purchases, shared ownership, right to buy, lease extensions, freehold and leasehold matters.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with developers, agents, and referrers.
  • Deliver clear, commercially focused legal advice to clients.
  • Ensure full compliance with regulatory and departmental procedures.
  • Drive billing performance and meet agreed financial targets.
  • Develop efficient, cost-effective systems to support a growing caseload.
  • Supervise and mentor team members as the department expands.
This role offers genuine leadership responsibility and the freedom to shape the future direction of the team.
 
About You
You are:
  • A proven Residential Property Solicitor / Conveyancer Fee Earner with strong New Build expertise.
  • Commercially astute and motivated by growth.
  • Experienced in managing matters independently and efficiently.
  • Confident in building relationships and generating new work.
  • Highly organised, IT literate, and experienced with web-based case management systems.
  • An excellent communicator, both written and verbal.
  • Ambitious and ready to step into a leadership role.
Most importantly, you are ready to take ownership of something bigger than a caseload — you are ready to build a department.
Superb benefits include :
  • The opportunity to build and lead your own specialist team.
  • Professional subscriptions paid.
  • Option to buy or sell 3 days of annual leave.
  • Additional Christmas shutdown leave.
  • Your birthday off plus a birthday gift voucher.
  • Incentive schemes and referral rewards.
  • Paycare Health Cash Scheme.
  • Discounted legal fees.
  • Monthly dress-down & treat days.
  • Annual Christmas company celebration and local office events.
  • Lucrative salary and excellent bonus scheme.
Get in touch to hear more about this not to be missed New Build opportunity.
 

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Dante Friend

Senior Recruitment Consultant
0117 284 2120

dante@douglas-scott.co.uk

Dante Friend is a Senior Recruitment Consultant at Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment, with over 4 years at the company. Having joined in 2011, he now oversees Hampshire, Dorset, and the southwest. Dante provides a highly professional service, recruiting for all levels of firms, from city and large regional to Legal 500 and high street. If Dante weren’t in recruitment, he would be pursuing a career in journalism. One of his goals this year is to buy a Porsche.


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Job Spec:

  • Area of Law: Residential Conveyancing
  • Type: Solicitor / FILEX
  • Salary: £40,000 - £60,000
  • Term: Permanent
  • Location: BRIDGEND
  • Reference: 1320197