Associate Lawyer

Stowe Family Law LLP; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading family law firm in Newcastle upon Tyne is looking for a Chartered Legal Executive or Solicitor experienced in handling finance and children cases. This role offers significant flexibility, tailored growth opportunities, and a supportive team environment. The ideal candidate is ambitious and empathetic, ready to assist clients through challenging times. The position comes with comprehensive benefits including a competitive salary, wellbeing initiatives, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Salary: £47,500 - 64,500

Wellbeing culture including Mental Wellbeing days

Volunteering leave

26 days holiday

Medicash health insurance

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience leading your own caseload of finance and children cases.
• Ambitious with a desire for career progression.
• Understanding the need for empathy towards clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead your own caseload with team support.
• Engage with clients in sensitive situations.

Skills

Chartered Legal Executive or Solicitor

Empathy and sensitivity

Case management

Job description

Overview

Working at Stowe you’ll enjoy the advantages of being part of a leading national family law firm while benefiting from the close-knit support of a local team. Although we're the largest family law team nationwide, we also have smaller offices so you'll feel part of a close-knit team. Here’s why we stand out:

• Flexible work environment: Whether you prefer working from home or the office, you design how your working week looks and we can support whatever works for you - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/culture-and-community/
• Tailored growth opportunities: Experience personal and professional development without any limitations, our structure offers a diverse range of growth opportunities. There are no "glass ceilings" hindering your progress, just let us know how you want to develop and we\'ll work together to achieve it - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/helping-our-people-grow/
• Comprehensive support teams: We couldn\'t do it without them. Our dedicated support teams, ranging from secretaries to legal assistants, billing to credit control, and client care, enable you to focus on your clients and engage in the exciting aspects of family law.
• Emphasis on wellbeing: Prioritise your wellbeing, we have incorporated feedback from our network of mental health champions to foster the best approach. Additionally, we offer wellness leave and have partnered with Lifeworks to provide comprehensive physical, mental, and emotional support. Stowe will support you and your career.
• Our legal teams: We\'re lucky, we\'ve got the largest internal network of family lawyers in the UK for you to get support from, there\'s always someone available to get advice from - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/about-stowe-f
• Cutting-edge marketing: Leverage our leading marketing capabilities supported by our talented marketing team. Check out some of their content, explore our podcast on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1hil0upAiohsIqTz6ui5nJ
• Tailored case management system: Benefit from our customised case management system featuring efficient workflows designed to streamline your processes. We're constantly thinking of ways to do things better.
• Colleague Groups: You can also get involved in our 4 colleague groups, check out what Sustainable Stowe has been up to; https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/blog/2025/04/09/an-update-on-the-stowe-forest/
• Check out the team here: https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/offices/newcastle/

Requirements

• It’s likely you’re a Chartered Legal Executive or Solicitor within family that’s frustrated because of a lack of progression opportunities, flexibility or challenge
• You’ll be comfortable leading your own caseload of finance and children cases with support from the team
• You’re ambitious, you want to progress your career and you want to develop
• You understand the need for empathy and sensitivity for clients going through an incredibly difficult period

Benefits

• Salary: £47,500 - 64,500
• Bonus
• A wellbeing culture including Mental Wellbeing days, and access to counselling sessions
• Volunteering leave
• Diversity public holidays
• 26 days holiday
• Enhanced adoption, maternity and paternity pay
• Paid leave for fertility treatment
• Emergency dependants leave
• Bereavement leave
• Medicash health insurance - 24/7 GP’s, dental, counselling, gym discounts
• Training grants
• Life Assurance
• Contributory pension
• Flexible working

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