At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic family law team while managing a diverse caseload of family matters.
- Company: Join a supportive regional law firm with a focus on personal client service.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working, and generous annual leave.
- Other info: Embrace a collaborative culture with excellent training and career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in family law while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in privately funded family law and team management.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 71500 £ per year.
Eventus Legal are seeking a Solicitor & Head of Family to join a well-established law firm in Barnoldswick, Lancashire.
This is a full-time, permanent job position paying up to £65,000, dependent on experience, and combining an active privately funded family law caseload with responsibility for leading and developing a small multi-site team.
The hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with a one-hour lunch break, with hybrid working and remote working from home for two days per week.
Benefits include additional paid time off at Christmas and for your birthday, health and wellbeing support, a workplace pension and ongoing training and development.
Role Responsibilities
Based in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, the Solicitor & Head of Family will combine day-to-day family fee earning with oversight of the department, supporting colleagues across several offices and contributing to wider leadership decisions.
- Manage a caseload of privately funded family matters, including divorce, cohabitation, ancillary relief and private children work.
- Lead, mentor and support a multi-site team of three fee earners, a trainee solicitor, a paralegal and a legal assistant.
- Set and deliver departmental plans aligned with the wider business strategy and contribute to Senior Leadership Team discussions.
- Monitor KPIs including billing, fees received, work in progress, aged debt, capacity and profitability, taking action where needed.
- Hold regular team and performance meetings, supporting supervision, development, wellbeing, recruitment, onboarding and training.
- Maintain high standards of client care, file progression, confidentiality, risk management and regulatory compliance.
- Develop external relationships and support marketing, business development and referral generation across the team.
Person Specification
The successful Solicitor & Head of Family will need strong privately funded family law experience together with the commercial awareness and people skills required to lead a department effectively.
- Strong experience managing privately funded family matters, including divorce, cohabitation, ancillary relief and private children work.
- A successful track record of achieving billing targets and managing performance against agreed KPIs.
- Experience leading, supervising or mentoring colleagues, with the ability to support a team working across multiple sites.
- Commercial awareness and confidence using financial and performance information to monitor departmental performance.
- Strong communication, influencing and coaching skills, with the emotional intelligence to manage performance constructively.
- Sound judgment, decision-making, resilience, conflict management and time management skills.
- A clear commitment to client care, professional standards, risk management and compliance, alongside strong IT capability.
Benefits and Rewards
The Solicitor & Head of Family package combines a competitive salary with flexible working and a broad range of employee benefits.
- Salary up to £65,000, dependent on experience.
- Full-time, permanent employment, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with a one-hour lunch break.
- Hybrid working, with remote working from home for two days per week.
- Annual leave starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays, additional paid time off at Christmas and birthday leave, with the option to purchase additional annual leave.
- Company-funded healthcare after six months' employment, plus employee assistance and remote GP services.
- A workplace pension scheme with employer contributions after three months' employment.
- Regular training and development across legal knowledge, systems and professional skills.
- Access to employee perks and wellbeing benefits, plus a paid day each year for volunteering or fundraising.
About the Company
Our client is a regional law firm focused on personal, reliable client service and high professional standards.
The culture is supportive and collaborative, with an emphasis on respect, development and helping colleagues perform at their best.
The recruitment process is planned as a first-stage Teams meeting to discuss work history, get to know the applicant and answer questions, followed by a final face-to-face interview at the Barnoldswick office.
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances.
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Solicitor & Head of Family Law employer: The Eventus Recruitment Group
Join a well-established law firm in Enfield that prioritises quality client care and offers a supportive team environment for Publicly Funded Family Solicitors. With a competitive salary of up to £45,000 and opportunities for career progression, this role provides high-quality supervision and a varied caseload of Legal Aid matters, making it an excellent choice for those looking to grow their legal career in a modern office setting.
Contact Details:
The Eventus Recruitment Group Recruitment Team
