Account Executive (Qualified Lawyer Experience Required)

Haggerty Jaques; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Haggerty Jaques seeks qualified lawyers for the role of Account Executive in Leeds, offering a unique opportunity to shift from traditional legal practice. This position emphasizes client advisory work without billable hours, ensuring work/life balance and a supportive environment for professional growth.

Benefits

Annual wellbeing allowance

Access to onsite gym

Free parking

EV charging points

Excellent transport links

Qualifications

• Looking for individuals with qualified lawyer experience.
• Ability to manage and mitigate client risks.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise a sophisticated range of City-based clients.
• Manage client relationships and mitigate risks.
• Work within a specialist team focused on commercial success.

Skills

Client Relationship Management

Risk Management

Communication

Intellectual Curiosity

Legal Advisory

Education

Qualified Lawyer

Job description

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE (QUALIFIED LAWYER EXPERIENCE REQUIRED)

LEEDS (WITH HYBRID WORKING)

FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME & FLEXIBLE WORKING

£Competitive Salary, Excellent Benefits & Bonus

Haggerty Jaques is keen to speak to qualified lawyers who are looking for an exciting change of direction.

Instructed by our market-leading corporate client, we are looking for lawyers to join the team in a role that makes use of key legal skills and experience but in a completely different capacity and within a different cultural environment.

There will still be some similarities with the legal world:

• you will be working with and advising a sophisticated range of City-based clients with which there are long-standing, high value relationships;
• the focus of your role will be to consider, manage and mitigate risk on behalf of your clients;
• you will build great client relationships from an early stage and will become a trusted advisor; and
• you will be working within a specialist team of professionals which strives for commercial success.

What makes this role different is that:

• you won’t be recording billable hours;
• it will be far easier to predict workloads and manage your time;
• you will be able to enjoy a genuine work/life balance – there is no long-hours culture;
• you will have autonomy from an early stage; and
• your career progression will not be determined by a hierarchical structure.

This role would suit individuals with intellectual curiosity who are looking for a long-term alternative to a career in the legal profession, without losing any of their specialist skills. It would also particularly suit someone who wants to continue to be challenged and to develop but within an organisation that values life outside of work.

Your training will be tailored specifically to you and delivered by team members from day one until you are confident advising clients independently. There will be fantastic support from the wider team, many of whom made the same transition from the legal world.

Employee wellbeing features very highly here and you will have your own annual allowance to use on a range of wellbeing benefits as well as access to an onsite gym. The team you will be joining is fun, friendly and collegiate.

You can enjoy a great blend of working in the office and from home. There is free parking, EV charging points, and excellent transport links.

Haggerty Jaques is instructed as the sole agency on this role.