Family Solicitor - Fee Earner | Cotteridge

Job Title: Family Solicitor - Fee Earner | Cotteridge

Location: Cotteridge

Type: Permanent

Start Date: Immediately

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 D.O.E

Due to continued growth, we are looking for an experienced and Family Solicitor to join our team focused on winning new clients at our Law Office.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Running and managing your own caseload within the family team under the supervision of the director.
• Providing advice to individuals and families including but not limited to the following areas: - Private Law Children Matters - Divorce - Financial Settlements - Separation - Domestic Violence - Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements - Cohabitee disputes.
• Dealing with complex and time-sensitive matters.
• Taking new instructions.
• Legal Research.
• Advocacy.
• Assisting the Director on occasions.
• Dealing with new enquiries and converting to Instruction.
• Networking and Business Development

About the Person:

To be a successful candidate for this role you must also have the following attributes, skills and experience:

• Ideally be a fully qualified senior solicitor (3-5+ PQE desirable), although other qualifications (i.e. CILEX and CLC) will also be considered.
• Confident in running own caseload.
• Be commercially astute, understanding the importance of business targets and their impact to the practice.
• Have excellent levels of communication, both written and verbal.
• Have a good academic record; training with a leading national or regional firm is an advantage.
• Have strong IT skills
• Have a firm and functional knowledge within family law.
• Have experience managing your own caseload of privately funded work.
• Demonstrate initiative and the drive to produce a high standard of service to our clients.
• Possess high levels of speed and accuracy.
• Be highly organized, methodical and adaptable.
• Commercially driven.
• Have a proven ability to bring in work and be confident in business development

About Rewards and Benefits:

In return for your hard work, you will receive the below company benefits:

• Pension Scheme.
• Health cash plan for workplace wellbeing.
• Employee referral bonus.
• Up to 33 days' paid leave per year.
• Christmas Shutdown

About the Client

Our client is a progressive, forward-thinking practice and offer a supportive working environment together with opportunities for career development. They are looking for a Private Client Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis.

Next Steps:

Apply to this Private Client Assistant role through this advert. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Lewis in our Commercial team on (phone number removed).

If successful, you will need to digitally register with our agency (if you haven't already done so). If you have not been contacted regarding your application within 7 days, please assume that you have not been successful. We will however retain your application for any future roles for which you may be suitable.

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