Family Solicitor
Stone King, United Kingdom
Job Description
The opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual looking to progress their career, to join our Family Team - specialists in family law and mediation, providing sensitive and caring support and advice to clients with family difficulties.
The role will be based in the Bath office however you will need your own transport as the workload will cover courts in Bath, Bristol, and across Wiltshire.
KeyResponsibilities
General duties include, but not limited to:
- Effectively manage an individual caseload (with appropriate supervision)
- Attend to clients of the Firm in the office or elsewhere if needed.
- Work in a collegiate and collaborative way within an immediate Team and wider Firm environment.
- Communicate promptly and effectively both internally to colleagues and externally to clients.
- Maintain your continuing professional development requirements and take an active interest in furthering your knowledge within the field of law.
- To carry out your work for both colleagues and clients to the highest possible standard, having regard to the Firm’s standards, procedures and core values.
- To regularly attend, and be involved in preparation for Team meetings.
- To attend and be involved in marketing and business development events and activities.
Requirements
The candidate will be expected to undertake will have a real interest in Family Law. The successful candidate will have trained with a good firm with solid experience of drafting, file management and client relationship building.
The candidate should be well-organised, technologically proficient and capable of working on their own or within a team. We operate within an environment of mutual trust and respect and so the ability to contribute to a pleasant working environment for all concerned, will be important.
Reporting
Supervision will be provided by the Head of the Family Team.
Our Firm
We are an ambitious, collaborative and friendly firm recognised as leaders in our field with offices across the country and our culture is at the heart of what we do. Our ethos is based on understanding client’s needs, being good listeners and looking at the big picture.
Our people are our greatest asset and we pride ourselves in providing a supportive environment which cares about its people, recognising this has an immediate impact on the firm’s success.
We are proud to hold Investors in People (IIP) Gold and to have been awarded ‘Best Place to work in Bath in the Bath Business awards in 2017.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Benefit Platform
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life assurance (4 x salary)
- Pension scheme
- 25 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays).
- Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum. We actively encourage all staff to become involved with CSR activities, hold bi-annual whole firm ‘away’ days, sector specific focus days and quarterly drinks events in each office..
Closing date: 14 May 2021
Adverts normally close at midday on the closing date, however vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received. Therefore we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Stone King LLP is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity by encouraging all our staff to achieve their full potential and guaranteeing that all employment decisions are taken without reference to irrelevant information or discriminatory practices.
Recruitment agencies please do not send us unsolicited CVs. If you do so, we reserve the right to contact the candidate directly and your Tamp;Cs will not apply.