Post: Solicitor/Associate or Professional Equivalent - Family Team
Salary: Competitive & commensurate with experience
We are looking to recruit an experienced family lawyer to grow the family team practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervision responsibilities for a small team
- A fee earning role dealing with a mixed caseload to include;
o Divorce and civil partnership dissolution
o Financial settlements on relationship breakdown
o Arrangements for children
o Nuptial and cohabitation agreements
o Non-molestation and occupation orders
- Advocacy in the courts, including directions hearings
- Growing and developing a network of clients and referrers, and
- Assisting to evolve the business development strategy for the family team practice.
Knowledge and experience:
- Qualified solicitor or professional equivalent (c.3+PQE)
- Excellent understanding of the law relating to family finances, separation, and
breakdown
- Experience in ADR
- Advocacy experience
- Good billing and financial hygiene
- Experience of building and maintaining professional and client relationships
- Up to date understanding and commitment to risk management and compliance
- Competent with IT applications such as Word, Excel, and Outlook
Key attributes:
- Possess excellent organisational skills and a keen eye for detail
- Have a commercial and creative mindset
- Display a proven ability of working to deadlines
- Ability to identify problems, recommend solutions and work on own initiative
- Have a keen interest in business development and marketing
- Takes responsibility for personal and professional development
- A strong team player who supports colleagues and the work of the team
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and displays the ability to
form a good working rapport with clients and third parties
If you are interested please submit your CV to Tanya Browns Recruitment Group as directed.