Family Lawyer Vacancy (Solicitor or Legal Executive)
Bradford with some attendance required at our Keighley office with hybrid working.
Full time Monday to Friday – flexible working requests considered
Salary: competitive
We have an opportunity for a Family Lawyer to join our team.
About Williscroft & Co
We are a niche solicitors practice with offices in Bradford and Keighley. We provide expert legal advice to families and individuals. We cover a range of family services including child abduction, cohabitation/prenups, divorce and financial settlements, domestic violence, children’s issues, forced marriages and social services.
You
You will ideally have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in the following areas of family and childcare law:-
- Private Law Children
- Domestic Abuse, Non Molestation / Occupation Orders
- Financial relief on divorce
- General family matters, unmarried couples, cohabitation disputes.
What We Are Seeking
- Someone who will hit the ground running.
- Understand legal aid.
- Undertake and generate private paying work.
Our Opportunity
Key Responsibilities
- Be able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Able to meet financial targets
- Be willing to work towards panel accreditation.
- Be prepared to network and create new business.
What you need to know
We will offer ongoing training and support to develop your career as part of our specialist family team.
Our offices are friendly, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment in modern IT to enable you to work efficiently. Our fee earning team work on a hybrid basis with a split of office working and remote working.
We offer a great package of annual leave to ensure you get enough time away from work. Our annual leave for this role provides 24 days (plus bank holidays). Our holiday entitlement increases to 30 days after 6 years’ service (1 extra day per year of service).
We offer competitive salaries and bonus structures enabling our team to share in the profits of their successes.
We value our staff welfare ensuring that appropriate supervision and training is given. We encourage a positive and mutually supportive working environment.
Employee Benefits
- Competitive base salary.
- Bonuses, based on billing and meeting targets.
- Pension Scheme with employer contribution.
- Sovereign Health Care paid Level 1
- Administrative support.
- Firm laptop
- Ongoing training and development.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Support from colleagues for case cover.
- Supportive supervision from Director mentors
- Annual appraisals and salary reviews.
- Regular social events: monthly office breakfast, Christmas get together.
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