Location: London
Experience / Qualification: 8+ years PQE
Salary: Salary dependent on experience & PQE
Hours: Full time – 35 hours a week
Holiday: 26 days + Bank Holidays
- The successful candidate will be an experienced Family Law Solicitor used to dealing with a privately funded family caseload including divorce, finances and Children Act matters as well as some advocacy and Legal Aid matters.
- Dealing with private funded caseloads including divorce, finances, Children Act matters and advocacy
- Dealing with legal aid matters
- Manage own caseload of corporate and private clients
- Actively manage and develop client relationships including day to day contact with key clients
- Ensure Family Law knowledge is up to date and is familiar with all relevant legislation
- Liaise closely with other fee earners in the team and with clients
- Timely completion of forms, letters and applications
- To act as an ambassador for the firm.
- Research
- Marketing activities (Seminars, workshops, pitches etc)
- To play an active role in the delivery of targets in line with the current business plan
- Manager/client satisfaction
- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure to meeting deadlines
- Running your own caseload with limited supervision
- Quality of work drafted and completed
- Achieving time recording targets
- Achieving costs/fees targets
- Working to targets and deadlines
- Managing a high and varied workload
- Providing both a quality and speedy service to internal & external clients and referrers
- Working to service level agreements
- Be self-motivated and use initiative
- Understand and embrace the concept of “excellent customer service” coupled with “urgency to get things done”
- Have a good track record of meeting and exceeding targets
- Good relationship management skills
- Family Law Accredited – SRA (essential)
You can apply for this position by sending your CV and covering letter to [email protected]
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