Family Law Solicitor £40,000 - £65,000 DOE MUST HAVE Panel membership of Children Panel or Family Panel
Our client are looking to appoint a Solicitor or CILEX with experience of Public Law Family work to join our friendly team in Scunthorpe. You will need to be qualified to have rights of audience at court.
If you have a public family law background and are already on the Law Society's Children Panel we would love to hear from you.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Manage all client work allocated by the Head of Department in accordance with detailed procedures and quality standards contained in the firms office manual.
- Ensure that all client work is progressed in a timely manner and that the client is kept regularly informed on progress and on costs where appropriate.
- At all times to exercise high standards of client care in a professional and pleasant manner.
- Ensure the confidentiality and security of all documentation and information of the practice and clients.
- Achieve agreed levels of billing and time recording.
- In close liaison with the cashier, to have overall responsibility for credit control on own matters.
- Comply with the SRA Code of Conduct 2011 and SRA Accounts Rules 2011.
- Maintain clear and precise communications with other personnel in the practice.
- Ensure good working relationships with external institutions and organisations.
- Supervise, support and develop immediate support staff and fee earning staff as agreed with the Head of Department.
- Take responsibility for and attend to your CPD needs.
- In conjunction with the practice, to comply with the relevant training requirements of the SRA and to assist with in-house training as may be required.
- Liaison with Head of Department, to be active in promoting the services of the practice and its image and ethos.
Benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- Bonus scheme
- 6.6 weeks holiday which includes Bank Holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Social events