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
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed