Qualified Lawyer – Family Team – Maghull

We are seeking applications from qualified Legal Executives/Solicitors to join our Family Team. Ideally, we would be looking for someone with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Family Law, ideally with experience in dealing with more complex financial disputes, who is also seeking a leadership opportunity. Previous Team Leader experience is therefore advantageous, but not essential.

At Maxwell Hodge, we undertake varied matrimonial and family law matters on a private paying basis (we do not offer legal aid). The services we offer include Divorce/Separation/Dissolution of Civil Partnerships, Cohabitee Disputes including Property and Children Issues, Prenuptial Agreements and Cohabitee Agreements, Change of Name Deeds, Resolution of Financial Disputes, Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 claims.

The Team is based at our Maghull Office and covers all our offices across Merseyside. To succeed in this role, we are looking for people who have good time management skills and the ability to work under pressure to meet both client demands and financial and time recording targets. In addition, a caring and empathetic approach towards both clients and colleagues is required as well as strong decision-making, motivation, teamwork, cooperation, and communication.

We would also be looking for candidates who are creative and innovative to support marketing and business development. The types of opportunities in this regard include attending networking events, preparing blogs and articles, and participating in career fairs and practice interviews at schools.

The leadership qualities we would be seeking in candidates include creativity, innovation, decision-making, resilience, and critical thinking.

• Attend upon clients and others to take instructions and provide expert legal advice.
• Meet client demands and expectations, as well as case specific demands (such as Court deadlines).
• Draft and Dictate letters and documents.
• Attend client meetings, hearings, and conferences, and record detailed file and attendance notes of the same.
• Comply with all professional obligations, including maintaining up-to-date knowledge of family law legislation and case law.
• Flexibility to work at any other office, as and when required.
• Accurately record matter related time in accordance with the Billing and Time Recording Policy, and your target.
• Adhere to financial procedures, including billing clients and obtaining payment on account.
• Supervise work of other Fee Earners and the Family Team Assistant.
• Work with Director responsible for Family Team on strategy.

The salary for this role is up to £55,000 per annum depending on experience and level of PQE. Annual holiday entitlement is 25 days, if you are 5+ years PQE on starting with us. This is in addition to bank holidays and an extra 3 days to be used between Christmas and New Year. We offer paid sick leave, dependant’s leave, and birthday leave. We have a health benefit in place with Medicash, which new starters can join after 6 months’ service. In addition, we offer staff wellbeing and social events. There are different opportunities for reward and recognition throughout the year including a Bonus Policy, Employee Referral Programme, Employee Recognition and a Client Care Quarterly Reward. We have a formal development and training/performance review process and review salaries and bonuses in June of each year.

We are committed to ensuring our working practices and job roles are inclusive to meet a wide variety of needs. Therefore, should you require any reasonable adjustments or have access requirements, please make us aware when applying for the position so that we can arrange a suitable interview. Successful candidates will be asked about reasonable adjustments for their employment at Maxwell Hodge when they are formally offered the position, so that we can ensure the role meets their requirements.

Maxwell Hodge is an independent firm of solicitors with 7 offices across Merseyside and Wirral. We were established over 150 years ago and our focus is on providing the best legal service and advice for our clients. With a solid reputation, well ingrained in the local community, we offer an excellent working environment where you will thrive in an open and supportive culture. Our values are Team, Support, Guidance, Resilience and Learning, which we expect our people to demonstrate both in their professional and personal lives. We are committed to providing employees with meaningful opportunities and therefore welcome applications from those looking for prospects of career development. You will be asked about your motivations and career aspirations at your interview and at formal performance reviews (if appointed to the role).

We look forward to hearing from you.