ROLE: Contentious Probate Solicitor 1-3 Years PQE
SALARY: DOE
LOCATION: Clitheroe or Preston
Typical duties will be:
- Handling a busy caseload with minimal supervision
- Developing relationships with clients and surpassing
their expectations
- Participating in marketing activities and actively
promote the firm's full range of services but to
concentrate primarily on probate matters generally
- Managing client work allocated by the Head of
Department or other fee-earners and in accordance
with policies, procedures and quality standards
- Ensuring that all client work is progressed
expeditiously, and that the client is kept regularly
informed on realistic outcomes, progress and on
costs
- Ensuring the confidentiality and security of all the
firm's and client documentation and information in
line with Law Society & GDPR regulations
- Achieving agreed levels of billing and time recording
per annum
- Developing good working relationships with internal
and external institutions and organisations
- Providing support to the other team members as
required
- Understanding and contributing to the team's
objectives plus working to promote the firm's values
Skills and Experience
- 1-3 years PQE essential
- At least 40% of previous caseload should be
contentious trust and probate related
- Experience of non-contentious private
client work would be advantageous
- Ability to progress work quickly with an eye
for detail
- Excellent client facing skills with the ability
to nurture existing clients and third-party
relationships as well as the ability to help
develop new business and assist in
networking events
- Excellent organisation, communication and
potential leadership skills
- Ability to prioritise work and to work to
strict timescales where required
- Empathy, compassion and maturity
- Ambition to learn and make a difference to
the firm
- Ability to develop new sources of work and
introductions
- Excellent IT skills including the use of case
management systems previously (ideally
SOS
- Ability to work as part of the team, show
flexibility in attitude and behaviour
- Ability to work pro-actively, handling a
varying caseload