Family Law Solicitor - Public Law

Role: Family Law Solicitor - Public Law
Location: Bolton Office or Greater Manchester
Hours: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm - Monday to Friday (1 Hour Lunch)
Salary: Negotiable depending upon experience.

An exciting opportunity working within a pioneer of legal services, providing friendly, professional advice in the manner a traditional high street law firm would, but blended with a 21st Century approach. A vacancy for a Public Law solicitor who can run a mixed caseload of private family law files, including divorce/finance, children and domestic violence files to work in our busy family department.

The position will involve travel to courts and other offices therefore candidate must have a car available for work use. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years PQE with children panel accreditation. Partnership opportunities exist for the right candidate.

Job role
Working within a busy office with a friendly team of people, you will be expected to carry out the following duties:

Be responsible for a caseload of care/public law files

Undertake own advocacy

Run own caseload and work independently

Be responsible for your public law team

Provide support/training to the team as required

Support Head of Department managing the firm-wide public law team

Skills Required

Experience in public law

Good organisational skills

Excellent attention to detail (accuracy essential)

Good communication skills

Good IT skills

Ability to work well within a team

Ability to manage a team

Friendly and professional manner

Company Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Attendance bonus

25 days a year plus bank holidays and an accrual system after 2 years

Birthday holiday

Life insurance 2x annual salary

Long service awards

Paid car parking space

Discounted Gym Membership

Northern Rail discount scheme

Cycle2Work scheme

Quarterly Fruit Baskets

Referral schemes (PI, Conveyancing, Family & Wills/Probate)

Discounted Services (Conveyancing, Family & Wills)

Staff Introduction Scheme (Refer a success applicant and get £500)

Monthly Raffle Draw 1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes

Dress down once a month

Annual Christmas Party & Events

Charity fundraisers

Training & Development

Training and development opportunities

Internal workshops

Compliance webinars

Path to Partner opportunities

Unfortunately, due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven t contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and considered for all future vacancies.

We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.