ROLE: Solicitor / Legal Executive (Wills, Trusts & Probate)
LOCATION: Sleaford, Lincolnshire
SALARY: Competitive and dependant on level and experience
HOURS: 09:00-17:15, Monday to 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
- Employee sickness allowance of 13 weeks
- 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 a well-established and highly respected law firm, known for delivering exceptional legal services across a variety of disciplines. With multiple offices, we are committed to offering high quality client care and legal expertise.
We are currently seeking a motivated and reliable Solicitor or Legal Executive with at least 2 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) to join our Wills, Trusts & Probate team in Sleaford. In this role, you will manage a small initial caseload that will grow over time, focusing on a wide range of private client matters, including:
- Taking instructions and drafting wills
- Preparing and managing Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs)
- Handling grant applications and estate administration
- Preparing deputyship applications
- Managing the affairs of elderly clients
ABOUT YOU:
To succeed in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following qualifications and skills:
- Qualified Solicitor / Legal Executive with a minimum of 2 years’ PQE in Wills, Trusts & Probate (essential)
- Ability to manage a varied caseload independently
- A client focused approach, with a commitment to providing high quality service
- Strong organisational, time management and IT skills
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of a legal team
- Friendly, approachable and professional demeanour
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.
