Family Law Solicitor (London)

Effective HR support business legal advice to protect your business

Location: London
Experience / Qualification: 8+ years PQE
Salary: Salary dependent on experience & PQE
Hours: Full time – 35 hours a week
Holiday: 26 days + Bank Holidays

Job purpose

The successful candidate will be an experienced Family Law Solicitor used to dealing with a privately funded family caseload including divorce, finances and Children Act matters as well as some advocacy and Legal Aid matters.
Dealing with private funded caseloads including divorce, finances, Children Act matters and advocacy
Dealing with legal aid matters
Manage own caseload of corporate and private clients
Actively manage and develop client relationships including day to day contact with key clients
Ensure Family Law knowledge is up to date and is familiar with all relevant legislation
Liaise closely with other fee earners in the team and with clients
Timely completion of forms, letters and applications
To act as an ambassador for the firm.
Research
Marketing activities (Seminars, workshops, pitches etc)
To play an active role in the delivery of targets in line with the current business plan

Performance measures

Manager/client satisfaction
Ability to multi-task and work under pressure to meeting deadlines
Running your own caseload with limited supervision
Quality of work drafted and completed
Achieving time recording targets
Achieving costs/fees targets

Job challenges

Working to targets and deadlines
Managing a high and varied workload
Providing both a quality and speedy service to internal & external clients and referrers
Working to service level agreements
Be self-motivated and use initiative
Understand and embrace the concept of “excellent customer service” coupled with “urgency to get things done”