Family Solicitor

eNL Legal Recruitment; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday day off

Christmas office closure

Increasing annual leave with length of

Workplace pension

Death-in-service cover

Health cash plan

Discretionary rewards and staff and/​f

Job summary

eNL Legal Recruitment is assisting a growing specialist family law firm in South Yorkshire to recruit a Family Solicitor. The role can be full-time or part-time and suits candidates from NQ+ with a strong private family law background. You will handle a varied caseload and contribute to the department's growth.

Salary up to £55,000 depending on experience; flexible start/finish times and potential homeworking days; firm culture emphasizes progression and staff development.

Qualifications

• Practical experience within family law.
• Strong client care and communication skills.
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively.
• Good drafting skills; experience with private children and financial remedy matters advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage or assist with a varied private family law caseload including divorce, financial remedy, private children matters and related disputes.
• Take instructions from clients, provide clear advice, draft correspondence and legal documents, and conduct negotiations.
• Attend client meetings, conferences and Court hearings where appropriate; support junior colleagues as needed.

Skills

Family law experience

Client care

Drafting & correspondence

Negotiation

Caseload management

Job description

Family Solicitor / NQ+ / South Yorkshire / c£55,000 (DOE) / An excellent opportunity for a Family Solicitor to join a growing specialist family law team, offering genuine career progression, flexible working and the chance to develop within a supportive family focused firm –

JOB TITLE: Family Solicitor

PQ E REQUIRED: NQ+

LOCATION: South Yorkshire

SALARY: Up to £55,000 DOE

THE ROLE:

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Family Solicitor to join an established and growing family law team. The role can be tailored to your level of experience, with both full time and part time applications welcomed.

You will manage or assist with a varied private family law caseload, which may include divorce and separation, financial remedy proceedings, private children matters, cohabitation disputes, TOLATA claims, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, separation agreements and protective injunctions. You will take instructions from new and existing clients, provide clear and practical advice, draft correspondence and legal documents, conduct negotiations and attend client meetings, conferences and Court hearings where appropriate.

More experienced candidates will have the opportunity to take on greater responsibility, supervise junior colleagues and contribute to the development of the department. There will also be opportunities to become involved in networking, marketing and business development as the office continues to grow.

THE CANDIDATE:

Applications are welcomed from Family Solicitors at all levels of PQE, as well as CILEX Lawyers and Chartered Legal Executives with relevant experience.

You will have practical experience within family law, strong client care and communication skills and the ability to manage your caseload effectively. Good drafting skills, sound judgement and attention to detail are essential. Experience in private children and financial remedy matters would be desirable, while TOLATA experience would be advantageous but is not essential. The successful candidate will be professional, organised and collaborative, with a genuine willingness to develop their technical and commercial skills. More experienced candidates should be confident managing their own caseload and may also have an interest in supervising and developing junior colleagues.

THE FIRM:

This opportunity is with a growing specialist family law firm with a strong reputation for practical, commercially aware and client focused advice. The firm places genuine importance on its people and has deliberately retained a personal, collaborative and supportive culture as it has grown. There is a strong emphasis on long term career development, with clear progression opportunities and regular supervision and support. The firm also takes a family friendly approach to working arrangements, recognising the importance of flexibility around family and childcare commitments.

PACKAGE:

The firm offers competitive remuneration depending on experience, together with full time or part time working options and flexible start and finish times where operationally possible.

Once an appropriate caseload has been established, there is potential for agreed homeworking days.

Additional benefits include:

• a paid birthday day off
• Christmas office closure
• increasing annual leave with length of service
• workplace pension
• death-in-service cover
• health cash plan
• discretionary rewards and staff and family social events

There is also the potential for suitable candidates to progress towards Associate, Senior Associate and Legal Director positions, with opportunities for greater responsibility and involvement in the firm's future growth.

At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.