About Awdry Law:
Established in 1750, we are an award-winning firm having been presented in the past with the Law Society’s Excellence Award for Innovation and two awards for excellent customer service. From our offices in Devizes, Chippenham, Marlborough, Royal Wootton Bassett, Bath and Swindon, we serve clients in Wiltshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Bath, London, and throughout the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of first-class legal services for individuals, families, and businesses. Our purpose is to provide excellent client service and exceed expectations by being dynamic, inspiring, and proactive; client service is at the heart of everything we do.
Why You’ll Love Working with Us:
Join us and be part of a culture that values creativity, hard work, individuality, ambition, and fun! We offer competitive pay, fantastic employee benefits, and the opportunity to grow in a thriving, forward thinking environment. And yes, our legendary social outings are not to be missed! This is more than a job; it’s a chance for you to develop new skills and be part of our success. We have a fantastic group of people who work hard, are dedicated, and demonstrate great commitment so in return for aiming towards these standards, we will back you, help you to improve and support you the best we can.
Our values are the platform upon which everything is built:
Our Values:
Everything starts with you: People Matter, whether you are a client or part of our team.
Always driving forwards: We always show ambition and energy to achieve results.
Be brilliant: We create positivity, excellence, and innovation.
Every person, every time: We are consistent and reliable and give our best every time.
Job Purpose:
To work within the highly successful Family Law team managing a mixed and varied caseload including, but not limited to cohabitation, pre/post nuptial agreements, divorce, finances and children matters. The successful candidate will be used to working with high volumes of work whilst being able to deliver excellent client service.
Typical Activities:
Responsibility for: -
· Building up caseload and maintaining volume of work.
· Identifying improvements and to plan innovatively for better service delivery.
· Developing and maintaining strong & profitable client relationships, critical to the success of the department.
· Delivery of fee income targets
· Commitment to the Practice Management Standards of the Profession to include but not exhaustively, the SRA, Law Society, Lexcel, and IIP.
ESSENTIAL AND DESIRABLE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
· Extensive experience of a wide range of Family Law work
· Experience of working at pace and with a technical caseload
· To have the ability to remain calm, polite, and focused when dealing with difficult situations
· To have outstanding communication skills both verbal and written
· A high level of attention to detail
· The ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with all employees
· To enjoy a varied workload
· The ability to make sound decisions, taking ownership when required
· To present in a professional manner
· To be motivated, self-sufficient and to have excellent time management skills
· To demonstrate flexibility in approach
· To have excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages.
· Must have full UK driving license and own transport.
· To use initiative and build up own network through marketing
· To be approachable and engaging in a proactive way
· To be accessible to clients and front facing
· To be a member of Law Society or Resolution Family Law Panel
· To be a Solicitor or Legal Executive
Location: Marlborough, Swindon, or Royal Wootton Bassett
Work Location: In person
