Assistant Litigation Solicitor Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Posted 1 day ago in Lincoln

Competitive salary (depending on skills & experience). Permanent Full Time / 37 Hours (Flexible working opportunities available). Hybrid Working / Cambridgeshire / Lincolnshire (1-2 days per week office-based). Double Matched Pension Scheme (up to 21% combined). Private Healthcare.

Make every drop of your potential count! We're looking for a Litigation Assistant Solicitor / Litigation CILEX Practitioner to join Anglian Water's in-house legal team, supporting the delivery of high-quality legal services across our business. You'll play a key role in managing civil litigation matters, with a particular focus on debt recovery, ensuring cases are handled effectively, compliantly and in line with regulatory requirements. Working as part of a collaborative and high-performing team, you'll contribute to delivering strong outcomes for the business while supporting our wider purpose of serving our communities and protecting the environment.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage a varied caseload of civil litigation matters, including pursued and defended claims.
• Authorise and review case strategies to ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Assess evidence, prioritise claims and determine appropriate routes to settlement or judgment.
• Represent the organisation at court hearings where required.
• Provide legal guidance to the business on debt recovery processes and policy.
• Collaborate with operational teams to support effective debt recovery activity.
• Ensure cases are progressed efficiently in line with court deadlines and procedures.
• Support team development through knowledge sharing and supervision where required.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to deliver consistent and effective legal support.

What we're looking for:

• Qualified Solicitor or CILEX Practitioner with experience in civil litigation (5+ Years).
• Strong knowledge of debt recovery and monetary claims.
• Experience of county court proceedings and Civil Procedure Rules.
• Ability to manage a caseload independently and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, including confidence in handling difficult conversations.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, Outlook and SharePoint.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Desirable: Advocacy experience, supervision experience, and understanding of regulated environments.

Why join Anglian Water?

At Anglian Water, we're driven by purpose - delivering essential services while protecting the environment and supporting our communities. In this role, you'll be part of a collaborative in-house legal team, managing meaningful litigation work and contributing directly to business outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to develop your expertise, work closely with stakeholders and build your career in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

Benefits:

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service).
• Flexible working options.
• Private health care.
• Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 6%.
• Life assurance at eight times your salary.
• Annual bonus.
• Potential funded car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage.
• Personal medical assessments.
• Virtual GP service.
• Cancer screening.
• Financial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits.
• Lifestyle savings including discounts on retail, travel and utilities.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Volunteer days.

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We are proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter and Armed Forces Covenant, and we're a Disability Confident employer. We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve our potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we'll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please reach out to our team at resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk.

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Become a part of Anglian Water's future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.