Eventus Recruitment are seeking a Head of Residential & Commercial Property Solicitor to join a busy team based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. This is a full time, permanent job with the opportunity to join a friendly and progressive firm. You will benefit from a firm dedicated to offering scope for career progression and development.
Role Responsibilities
The incoming Head of Residential & Commercial Property Solicitorwill take an active role in promoting, supervising and developing a team that deal with property work across multiple offices.
Key tasks include:
- Conducting your own matters and supervising those undertaken by colleagues both within the St Albans and across other offices as necessary
- Overseeing the work of the team of Solicitors and Assistants in both the St Albans and other offices as necessary
- Building and maintaining relationships with clients, agents and colleagues
- Have experience in liaising with a management team regarding Department needs (including staffing, training, IT, finances) and assisting with marketing and business development
- Have experience in dealing with CQS and Lexcel as well as overseeing Lender Panel and Land Registry requirements;
- Be focussed on delivering a high quality and timely service to clients while maintaining a motivated team
Person Specification
The successful Head of Residential & Commercial Property Solicitorwill be:
- A Solicitor of 10 years PQE + (or qualification and experience equivalent)
- Be able to manage their own caseload, ideally both commercial and residential property but definitely residential
- Enthusiastic, dedicated and flexible
- Willing to take an active role in promoting & developing a team
- A confident communicator
Benefits and Rewards
The incoming Head of Residential & Commercial Property Solicitorwill benefit from a firm that recognise the importance in a healthy home life balance.
You will also benefit from:
- 20 days of holiday, plus days between Christmas and New Year and bank holidays. After 2 years, your holidays will increase incrementally to up to 25 days annual leave.
- Subsidised parking in the city centre.
- Eyecare.
- Office lunch every other month.
- Christmas meal and other social events through the year.
About the Company
A thriving Lexcel - accrediated law firm based in St Albans, Hertfordshire looking to recruit a Head of Residential & Commercial Property Solicitor. As a firm it is currently growing and expanding to due to a recent merger with a highly acclaimed firm**.** They are recognised in Chambers UK, The Legal 500 and Times Best Law Firm. Furthermore, they are dedicated to their employees and boast a high staff retention rate.