What are the responsibilities and job description for the Real Estate Paralegal position at ProSearch?
We’re hiring a Real Estate Paralegal to work full-time in Manchester, NH, for a New England- based law firm. As the hybrid real estate paralegal, you’ll manage the day-to-day administrative needs to support, manage, and facilitate the legal team workflows so everything runs smoothly. This firm’s paralegals are leaders with exceptional organizational skills, excellent communication skills, and who exercise the utmost discretion.
Job Description
- Prepare legal descriptions and title insurance commitments, correspondence, memoranda, and project work in the daily production of legal documents
- Research registries for real estate background and history
- Conduct title searches and prepare title abstracts
- Obtain real estate tax information
- Draft closing documents and create the closing binders
- Edit and finalize documents and distributes to clients, attorneys, and team
- Proofread and redline documents, correspondence, and memoranda to ensure accuracy of copy, grammar, punctuation, and syntax
- Maintain calendar of closing deadlines and meetings
- Coordinate conference calls, Zoom meetings, interoffice and outside meetings
- Perform a variety of paralegal functions, including opening of new matters, conflict checks, proforma, and billing activities
- Identify, prioritize, and resolve problems of a varying nature with minimal direction provided
- Flexibility to assist with and work on a wide variety of assignments and projects
- Work closely with assigned professionals to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, schedule changes, and preparation needed for meetings, following up appropriately and anticipating needs
Qualifications
- Associate degree required; bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
- Paralegal certificate a plus
- 3 years of previous experience in real estate and commercial law
- Superior people/interpersonal skills
- Ambitious, enthusiastic, positive can-do attitude and polished professional demeanor; a healthy sense of humor is a plus.
- Tenacious in meeting deadlines with a strong sense of timeliness, decision-making, and good self-management discipline
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite 365; ability to work effectively within the firm’s document management, real estate, and billing applications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Clearly communicate and collaborate effectively with employees at all levels of the organization and with clients
- Work discretely with confidential information
- Must be proactive, accountable and have excellent judgment
- Detail-oriented and able to work in a fast-paced environment while making few errors
- Must be adaptable to change and remain calm under pressure
- Billable goal target is 1400 hours annually
Benefits
- Hybrid work environment
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Group life and disability insurance
- Financial wellness program
- 401K employer match and profit sharing
- 23 days PTO in the first year of employment
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Mobile data reimbursement
- Free parking
If you’re a qualified real estate paralegal within commuting range of Manchester, New Hampshire, then this is the job for you.