ROLE: Family Solicitor/ Legal Executive/ Family Executive
LOCATION: Nottingham
SALARY: Competitive and based experience
HOURS: 09:00am-17:15pm, Monday to Friday
BENEFITS:
- 38 days' annual leave, inclusive of bank and other public holidays
- 3% employer pension contribution on your entire salary
- Life Assurance coverage at 3x your annual salary
- Comprehensive employee sickness allowance to support you when needed
- Client and employee referral rewards
- 25% discount on selected legal services
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP/Cash Plan) offering access to face-to-face counselling, 24/7 telephone and video GP consultations, digital physiotherapy, discounted gym memberships and cashback towards some of your day-to-day healthcare, travel and shopping costs
- Opportunities for ongoing development and training to enhance your career
- Collaborative and inclusive work culture
- Activities and events organised by our dedicated social committee
ROLE:
We are on the lookout for a Family Solicitor/ Legal Executive/ Family Executive to join our growing team. If you have at least a year of post- qualification experience and strong working knowledge of injunctions and private children matters, we would love to hear from you.
This role will suit someone who is confident with advocacy and ready to hit the ground running with their own caseload. Experience with Legal Aid would be highly advantageous.
ABOUT YOU:
- Qualified Family Solicitor/ Legal Executive/ Family Executive
- A proactive, results-driven approach and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent client management skills, with an empathetic approach to client needs
- Strong organisational, time management and IT skills
- Friendly, approachable and professional demeanour
ABOUT US:
Despite our size we still have a strong sense of community throughout the firm, across our offices and departments. We are one of the leading firms of solicitors in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the East Midlands providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 17 locations, we require a variety of different people with a wide range of skill sets and backgrounds to add value to our organisation and help us provide our award-winning services to our valued clients. We fully embrace diverse characteristics, experiences and outlooks in the workplace and in the communities in which we practice.
You will be working alongside some of the region’s best lawyers, who combine technical knowledge of the law with first class client service.
The Legal 500 (The World’s Leading Legal Directory) ranks Sills & Betteridge LLP as a Top Tier firm and recognises many of our team as Leading Partners, Next Generation Partners, Leading Associates and Recommended Lawyers. We also received, along with only a few other firms, an additional award for ‘Outstanding Client Satisfaction’. We are currently ranked position 158 in the UK200 law firms, placing us in the best performing law firms in the country. The Family Law department recently won the prestigious and fiercely competed Family Law Firm of the Year (Midlands & Wales) award at the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards. We also won Solicitor Firm of the Year at the British Wills & Probate Awards in 2023.
We have been recognised by various organisations for our commitment to creating a great place to work - whether it’s our outstanding Lexcel audits, our nominations for being an outstanding training contract provider by lawcareers.net, our award for promoting access to the legal profession by CILEX or our ‘One to Watch’ standing with the Top 200 Companies, UK.
