Business Development Manager

I'm currently working with a modern and dynamic law firm in the North West that is looking to recruit a Conveyancing Business Development Manager. This is a great opportunity for someone with residential conveyancing knowledge who enjoys building relationships and generating new business within a growing firm.

The role reports into the Head of Operations and offers a basic salary of £30,000 with commission on top, giving a realistic on target earnings of around £50,000, with uncapped commission available so there is strong earning potential if you perform well. The firm has several offices across the North West and has built a strong reputation for providing high quality legal services while maintaining a professional but friendly working environment.

• Play an important part in helping the Residential Conveyancing department secure and maintain a consistent flow of quality work.
• Build and maintain relationships with local estate agents, financial advisers, mortgage brokers, direct clients and other referral partners.
• Oversee business development activity within the residential conveyancing department and ensure this aligns with the firm’s overall business plan and strategy.
• Develop and implement strategies to increase new instructions and build long term relationships with key referrers such as estate agents, mortgage brokers and financial advisers.
• Support business development across a full range of conveyancing matters including sales, purchases, remortgages, transfers of equity and new build transactions.
• Proactively generate new business, encourage repeat work and referrals, maintain regular contact with referrers and provide updates so they remain engaged with the firm.
• Monitor new instructions, reach out to referrers if there is a drop in activity, add new referrers onto the case management system, generate quotes through the relevant system and ensure compliance paperwork is completed in line with regulatory requirements.
• Keep track of potential new referrers and update senior management.

• Experience working with estate agents and mortgage brokers and an understanding of the residential conveyancing process.
• Comfortable working with a case management system.
• Motivated to work towards targets set by senior management with a focus on increasing conveyancing instructions.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work to targets and deadlines, use initiative, work effectively as part of a team while staying organised and managing priorities.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, I'd love to hear from you. Please send your CV to (url removed) or call me on (phone number removed) for a confidential chat.