ROLE: Solicitor / Legal Executive (Family)
LOCATION: Doncaster
SALARY: Competitive, based on experience
HOURS: 09:00 - 17:15, Monday - Friday
BENEFITS:
- 38 days' annual leave, inclusive of bank and other public holidays
- 3% employer pension contribution on whole salary
- Life Assurance scheme at 3x annual salary
- Generous employee sickness allowance
- Client and employee referral schemes (up to £2000)
- 25% discount on some legal services
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP/Cash Plan) offering access to face-to-face counselling, 24/7 telephone and video GP consultations, digital physiotherapy, discounted gym memberships and cashback towards some of your day-to-day healthcare, travel and shopping costs
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Collaborative and inclusive work culture
- Social committee and events
ROLE:
Sills & Betteridge Solicitors LLP is seeking a dedicated Family Divorce and Finance Lawyer to join our office in Doncaster! As a crucial member of our team, you will represent clients in various family matters, including divorce, financial settlements, and private children cases. With a commitment to providing excellent legal services, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact and contribute to the growth and success of our Firm.
Don't miss out on this exciting new challenge – apply today!
ABOUT YOU:
The ideal candidate will:
- be a qualified Family Solicitor / Legal Executive / Family Executive
- have experience in divorce, finances and private children cases
- have a positive and proactive approach to both, clients, and staff
- be confident, passionate and possess first class communication skills
ABOUT US:
Despite our size we have a strong sense of community throughout the firm and across departments. We are one of the leading firms of solicitors in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 18 locations, we require a variety of different people with a wide range of skill sets and backgrounds to add value our organisation and help us provide our award-winning services to our valued clients. We fully embrace diverse characteristics, experiences, and outlooks in the workplace and in the communities in which we practice.
You will be working alongside some of the region’s best lawyers, who combine technical knowledge of the law with first class client service. The Family Team recently won the prestigious and fiercely competed Children Law Team of the Year national award at the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards. The Legal 500 (The World’s Leading Legal Directory) ranks Sills & Betteridge as a Leading Firm and recognises many of our team in tiers one, two and three – our family team achieving the highest accolade of Top Tier status - with several members of the firm as Leading Individuals, Recommended Lawyers and Next Generation Partners. We are also very proud to be listed in The Lawyer UK200 law firms, placing the firm among the UK’s best performing law firms. We have also been recognised by various organisations for our commitment to creating a great place to work- whether it’s our outstanding Lexcel audits, our nominations for being an outstanding training contract provider by lawcareers.net, or our award for promoting access to the legal profession by CILEX. But what really matters to us is what our clients think of the service we provide to them and welcome the feedback they regularly leave on our client satisfaction surveys and on online review platforms. We currently have over 3500 online client reviews and our overall rating has never fallen below 4.7 stars. It has been 4.8 for over 3 years.
