Are you a 1-4 PQE solicitor looking to make a difference? Our Charities team, renowned across the UK, is seeking a passionate individual to join us in either our Newcastle or Leeds office.
We pride ourselves on being down-to-earth, straightforward, and we foster a real team approach. Our clients range from local to international, including service providers, grant makers, religious orders, professional societies, universities, independent schools, academies, social enterprises, and more.
What You'll Be Doing
Diverse Work: No two days are the same. You'll handle a variety of high-quality cases, collaborate with colleagues across different areas, and be part of our dynamic team.
Client Interaction: Build and maintain strong relationships with our clients, taking increasing responsibility for client matters and ensuring their needs are met with clarity and confidence.
Continuous Learning: Continue to develop your technical expertise through hands-on experience and ongoing professional development.
Who We're Looking For
We are seeking someone who has a genuine passion for the Charities sector and who wants a fulfilling and rewarding career. While experience in this field is advantageous, it is not essential; what truly matters is your interest and enthusiasm, and ability to be a team player. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to the table. To succeed in this role, you will need exceptional drafting and communication skills, a commercial outlook, and a dynamic, enthusiastic approach. You should be willing to work in a fast-paced environment alongside others who share your passion for the charities sector. In return, you will be supported to achieve your career aspirations and continue to develop as a lawyer.
To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum:
Be a qualified solicitor with 1-4 years' PQE and a law degree (2:1 or higher) or equivalent legal qualification
Experience in managing client relationships
Knowledge of or interest in Charities law
What makes it great to work here?
We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!
As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working.
Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about DEI at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.
We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring.
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