We have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Family Solicitor to join our national family team in Manchester.
We are looking for a specialist Family lawyer with extensive experience of dealing with a varied caseload of divorce, matrimonial finances, private children work and cohabitation disputes, supervising members of the team and providing a high level of client care, whilst maintaining adherence to our national standards.
As you will be dealing with sensitive matters under time pressures, it is vital that you have excellent communication, organisation and time keeping skills. There will also be an expectation to delegate work to other team members.
You would also be expected to hold and attend new client meetings and provide realistic advice, setting expectations, whilst handling negotiations, alongside ensuring that time recording and billing is managed to enable achievement of personal chargeable hours, billing and cash collection targets, with a support team in place to assist.
We are looking for a candidate who will engage in development of the business for the Family Team by attendance at networking events to develop their own contacts and who will assist with marketing opportunities to raise the team’s profile.
What we offer in return:
We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:
25 days’ holiday + bank holidays-
Option to buy or sell up to 5 extra days of leave
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Employee referral bonus scheme
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Annual bonus scheme (discretionary)
Health & Wellbeing
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Access to Aviva Digicare+ (health checks, Digital GP, mental health support, second medical opinions, and more)
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BUPA private healthcare after 1 year (single cover, tax applies)
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Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling and wellbeing webinars)
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Health & wellbeing perks including gym discounts, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions, and more
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Dental insurance
Financial & Protection
Life assurance cover-
Income protection if you’re unable to work long-term due to illness or injury
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Workplace pension (5% employer contribution after probation)
Extras
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Access to a Benefits Hub with discounts on shopping, travel, food, and entertainment
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Free legal support and discounted legal services
Important to know
Some benefits are dependent on passing probation or length of service, and may change over time.
Your Professional Development
We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.
Our Values
Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.
How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
- We do what we say we will
- We don’t wait we create
- We own it, we sort it
- We respect and encourage each other
- We make time to live
The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.
For further information, please contact [email protected]
Please Note - Vacancies may close prior to the expiry date displayed, subject to volume of applications received.
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
