At a Glance
- Tasks: Gain hands-on experience in family law, managing cases with support from experienced colleagues.
- Company: Join an award-winning family law firm with a supportive and collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working hours, competitive salary, and unique perks like a paid birthday off.
- Other info: Opportunities for career progression and a friendly team environment await you.
- Why this job: Develop your legal skills while making a real difference in clients' lives.
- Qualifications: Practical family law experience and a passion for client-focused service are key.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 40000 £ per year.
Eventus Legal are seeking a Junior Family Lawyer to join a growing specialist family law firm in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. This is a full-time or part-time, permanent job position offering a salary of £35,000-£40,000 dependent on experience, flexible start and finish times, with the potential for agreed hybrid working once a sufficient caseload has been established. The firm is open to applicants who are still completing their legal qualifications as well as newly qualified lawyers, with practical family law experience and the confidence to take instructions and progress files under appropriate supervision being more important than a particular level of post-qualification experience.
Benefits include:
- A paid birthday day off
- Additional paid Christmas closure
- A healthcare cash plan
- Life insurance cover
- Company pension scheme
- Genuine opportunities for career progression
Role Responsibilities:
- Taking instructions from new and existing clients and identifying the relevant legal and practical issues
- Managing and progressing family law files with appropriate supervision
- Handling matters involving divorce and dissolution
- Assisting with and progressing matrimonial finance matters, including financial remedy proceedings and negotiations
- Handling private children matters under appropriate supervision
- Drafting clear and accurate correspondence, statements, applications and other case documentation
- Providing practical, proportionate and client-focused advice at a level appropriate to your experience
- Communicating professionally with clients, solicitors and other parties throughout matters
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across the Family Law team and wider firm
- Developing technical knowledge, case-management skills, commercial awareness and confidence through regular supervision and file reviews
Person Specification:
- Practical experience of family law, gained in a paralegal, trainee, newly qualified or comparable legal position
- Sufficient hands-on experience to take client instructions and progress files with appropriate supervision
- Experience of divorce and dissolution, matrimonial finances and private children matters
- Confidence communicating with clients and dealing sensitively with personal and often complex family circumstances
- Clear and accurate drafting skills
- A professional, organised and collaborative approach to managing files and priorities
- Good attention to detail and sound judgement
- Confidence using case-management systems and Microsoft Office
- A willingness to learn, take feedback and continue developing technical and commercial skills
- An interest in building a long-term career within family law
Benefits and Rewards:
- Competitive remuneration up to £40,000 dependent on experience
- Full-time or part-time working arrangements and flexible start and finish times
- Potential for agreed hybrid working once a sufficient caseload has been established
- Genuine opportunities for progression through the firm's legal career path
- Potential eligibility for a discretionary Associate Bonus Scheme as your career develops
- Your birthday day off in addition to annual leave
- Christmas office closure in addition to annual leave
- The opportunity to accrue additional annual leave through length of service
- Company pension scheme
- Life insurance cover
- Healthcare cash plan, including access to a remote doctor 24 hours a day
- Discretionary rewards recognising individual achievements and performance
- Inclusive staff and family social events
- Free park-and-ride parking approximately five minutes' walk from the office
- Potential consideration of temporary adjustments to working hours during school holidays, subject to client and operational requirements
About the Law Firm:
Our client is an award-winning specialist family law firm with a growing presence and a strong focus on practical, client-focused advice. The firm has retained a personal, collaborative and supportive culture as it has expanded, with long staff service, regular supervision and genuine professional development forming an important part of its approach.
Next Steps:
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me for a confidential discussion on your career. The Eventus Recruitment Group are award-winning recruitment specialists operating in the Legal, Finance and Financial Planning sectors across the UK.
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