Irwin Mitchell LLP

We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it's personal or business, we understand that everyone's situation is different. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities. We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information. Your Role and What You'll Be Doing We are growing our specialist Military team and are looking to recruit a passionate Personal Injury Solicitor to join our expanding practice. You'll work alongside Andrew Buckham, a leading expert in this field. We're seeking candidates who can be based out of our Southampton office, with hybrid working options and support for client travel requirements. Irwin Mitchell is one of the few firms to offer a rare opportunity to specialise in this high profile and deeply rewarding area of Personal Injury law. Serious injury and illness can have a dramatic and sometimes life changing impact for the person affected and for those who are close to them. The serious injury teams at Irwin Mitchell don't just deal with compensation claims. We also work with our clients and their families to ensure all of their rehabilitation needs are met. It's a unique, bespoke approach that really makes a difference to people whose lives have been turned upside down by injury. You'll join Andrew Buckham who specialises in Serious Injury - Armed Forces claims. Many of these claims involve assisting severely injured service personnel with compensation claims (On and Off Duty), Service Inquiries and Coroners Inquests. You will be assisting Andrew on his caseload, as well as building and running your own. About You 2-5 years' PQE in serious or catastrophic injury (Claimant) A proactive approach to client care and case management A clean driving licence - travel to meet clients across the UK is part of the role Strong interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills Enthusiasm for business development and building strong client and referrer relationships Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too. Generous and flexible pension schemes. Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services. We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported.This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements. We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024! Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono. Additional Information As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders. We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties. The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws. Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer. We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them

A leading national law firm in the UK is seeking a Company Secretarial Manager to oversee a dynamic portfolio of clients. This role involves managing day-to-day company secretarial services, ensuring compliance with regulations, and supervising a Company Secretarial Assistant. The ideal candidate has experience in company secretarial services, familiarity with relevant software, and the ability to handle client requests efficiently. This position supports a hybrid work environment and offers numerous benefits including generous leave and pension schemes.

Employment Associate / Senior Associate / Legal Director (5157) We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it's personal or business, we understand that everyone's situation is different. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities. We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information. We are looking for an Associate or Senior Associate to join our Southern Employment team in either Southampton, Gatwick or Brighton. The Southern Employment team is led by Partner Sybille Steiner. They advise on the full range of contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment law. Clients are predominately employers as well as some high net worth individuals. The team acts for a wide range of UK and international businesses from small organisations, start ups and SMEs to PLCs. The clients are from a variety of sectors including (but not limited to) retail, technology, education, aviation, hospitality and sport. Your Role and What You'll Be Doing Working in our Southern Employment team is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in challenging and complex cases, whilst learning from the very best. Your role will focus on the full range of employment issues advising on matters including employment tribunal claims, redundancy, capability and misconduct procedures, employment documentation, and the employment aspects of corporate transactions working with UK based and international businesses, including medium, large and listed companies and clients in the education sector. You will gain plenty of hands on experience from the outset with support from senior members of the team to further your development. The team also run a popular programme of events throughout the year and you would have ample opportunity to support these events and gain experience in presenting at the same and contributing to the success of the Team's business development efforts. About You Experience advising Respondents on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters An enthusiasm for advising on a varied range of employment law issues and taking on new challenges The ability to manage a busy and varied workload An interest in business development Experience in the education sector or with international clients would be helpful but not essential We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them: To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook To be approachable and caring To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives To be efficient in the provision of our services To work with a foundation of integrity. If this sounds like you, we'd love to receive your application. Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too. Generous and flexible pension schemes. Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services. We also offer a wide range of well being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements. We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024! Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono. Additional Information As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders. We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties. The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws. Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it's personal or business, we understand that everyone's situation is different. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities. We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information. Your Role and What You'll Be Doing To provide high quality Welfare Benefits Advice and related services to the business' Clients and ensure standards and value to the client is consistently met whilst minimising financial risk/exposure to the client and the firm. Provide and improve value to the client through maximisation of their entitlement to statutory funding and services. This will include all stages of the Welfare Benefits process to include, but not limited to supporting clients with: Better off calculations Advising clients on benefit eligibility and criteria Assisting clients with benefit applications Medical assessments Appeals Drafting mandatory reconsiderations Liaising with DWP and challenging where appropriate Tribunal Support (where appropriate) There will also be the need to promote IM and IM's services together with supporting relevant Business Development opportunities that may arise. You will need to be a proactive and independent worker comfortable working in an environment where we are establishing new processes and ways of working. You will need to be able to think on your feet and use your initiative to raise ideas and suggestions. You will be: Ensuring a first class service is provided to clients, case handlers and other appropriate stakeholders through the provision of Welfare Benefits Advice across all service lines and geographically on a national basis Providing a fully accessible and holistic specialist welfare advice service. Ensuring clients are on the correct benefits according to current circumstances and eligibility. Assisting with benefits applications, reviews and conduct appeals if appropriate and requested to do so by client and case handler Maintaining knowledge of welfare policy, services and advocacy services. This includes identification, attendance and dissemination of appropriate internal and external training Supporting, where appropriate, the development insight of the IM Benefits Advice Service across the business to all appropriate service lines by way of undertaking internal training to case handlers Ensuring all work carried out meets or exceeds SLAs/client commitments, and ensure quality advice is provided and compliance with the firm's policies and procedures Continuing to develop personal and professional development including attending training as required Maintaining working relationships across all departments to provide a first class harmonised and integrated client service Liaising with Team Leaders across the business and all other relevant personnel to ensure services required are supported and delivered consistently and that any issues are brought to their attention Travelling where appropriate to meet clients' needs About You A minimum of two years' experience of giving in-depth specialist advice of welfare benefits including supporting clients in making Welfare Benefits Applications, arranging and supporting clients at assessment, representation at welfare benefit appeals and mandatory reconsiderations Experience of providing a generalist Welfare Benefits Advice Service to ensure clients' needs are met Working across all the full social demographic range Ability to make pragmatic recommendations and explaining the risks / impact to business management Ability to take a wide view in evaluating service standards and processes Ability to communicate to a wide range of employees and stakeholders Research and analysis skills excellent communication skills with a focus on collaborative working within a team Professional presentation and manner, with strong attention to detail Able to work independently and as part of team in a sometimes-pressurised environment Good organisational skills & ability to prioritise Willingness to travel during the course of employment Someone with excellent IT skills as several case management systems are used in our practice Someone who is experienced in handling a large case load, and organising own cases under pressure Excellent whilst working under pressure Some knowledge of dealing with child maintenance services Some knowledge of dealing with personal injury law and cases and how benefits can be impacted Some knowledge of court of protection law Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too. Generous and flexible pension schemes. Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services. We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported.This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements. We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024! Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono. Additional Information As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders. We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties. The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws. Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer. 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Senior Compliance & Regulatory Officer (5815) We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it's personal or business, we understand that everyone's situation is different. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities. We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information. Your Role and What You'll Be Doing As a Legal and Regulatory Change Senior Officer, you'll partner with senior leaders and stakeholders to shape and deliver the General Counsel Team's strategy across the Irwin Mitchell Group. You will lead multiple regulatory and compliance projects end to end, applying project management best practice from scoping and planning through execution and closure. You'll provide assurance updates to the Senior Manager, Senior Leadership Team and General Counsel colleagues, resolve complex queries independently, and manage RAID (risks, actions, issues, decisions/dependencies) with confidence. You'll draft, review and advise on policies and procedures, and lead monitoring and escalation of incidents or breaches to ensure timely remediation. You will also coach and mentor officers/coordinators when required, drive process improvements and produce clear MI and management decks for decision making. A strong understanding of SRA rules and relevant legislation enables you to assess whether systems, controls and documentation meet our legal and regulatory compliance obligations. About You Project management experience in a legal, client facing, consulting or professional services environment Exposure to at least one compliance area (e.g. SRA Regulations, Client Care, Conflicts, Financial Crime/AML, Risk Management, Data Protection) Ability to influence stakeholders up to executive level Client facing relationship skills, and excellent communication, facilitation and presentation capability Analytical, and comfortable working agile to tight schedules-organising your workload and supporting junior team members Knowledge of legal procedures Interpersonal presence to network across the business Proficient with Microsoft 365 Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too. Generous and flexible pension schemes. Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services. We also offer a wide range of well being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported.This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements. We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024! Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono. Additional Information As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders. We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties. The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws. Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer. We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them.

A national law firm is seeking a Welfare Benefits Advisor to provide expert advice and assist clients with their benefit applications. The ideal candidate will have at least two years of relevant experience and the ability to work independently under pressure. Responsibilities include providing high-quality advice, managing client relationships, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. The firm offers a supportive work environment and a range of employee benefits, making it an excellent opportunity for the right candidate.