Senior Solicitor

Stowe Family Law ,
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

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Job Description

Thanks for checking out our job description for a Senior Solicitor here at Stowe Family Law in Nottingham - if you love growth, flexibility and the chance to work in a progressive, cutting edge environment - keep reading. In family law the average Lawyer works from one fixed office, 5 days per week 9-5. Much of their time is taken up by working on a range of family law cases, but , a lot of time is taken up dealing with irrelevant enquiries, chasing bills and doing admin. In a typical day, how many hours do you actually focus on servicing your clients? And if youre really dedicated, you might see some progression, at the firms pace, or not. Its frustrating , but thats the way Family Law has always been practiced. Forget what you know about working within Family Law, read on. We dont want you to be frustrated. We want to offer you a cracking salary, a chance to work with wonderful people and the opportunity to work in a really clever way. Youll have flexibility to work from home, or the office, whenever you like. You can arrange your days or weeks around your commitments . Youll be able to work on files from Nottingham and from offices across the whole Midlands region; thats more efficient and keeps you busier. Well give you lots of support, from secretaries to billing teams, from credit control to client care (theyre the wonderful people taking all initial enquiries and ensuring new clients you speak to are actually looking for your services). Youll have progression opportunities because were going to triple the size of our business in three years; while being given the guidance and training to maximise your impact. To support out growth were hiring the best Lawyers to join our teams and were giving them support, autonomy and work-life balance. Were arming them with new technology, more efficient frameworks and an unbeatable customer experience in an industry that needs shaking up. Who is Stowe Family Law? Stowe Family Law LLP is the country's largest specialist family law firm with over 75 lawyers specialising in divorce, financial remedy and childcare across 23 offices. Were the experts in what we do and the way we help our clients is exceptional. In the last few years weve grown the business by over 150%, so now is a great time to join us, weve already laid the groundwork and now, were about to build something really special. We have big ambitions for Stowe Family Law: to serve more clients than ever before, to make Stowe the best place to work for our people, and to grow our business for the benefit of all of our stakeholders. But, to build the UKs leading family law practice, we need to build the best legal team in each location that the family law market has ever seen; thats where you come in. Your family law expertise will enable us to consistently provide the best divorce and childcare service to our clients. But you wont be alone. With the largest team of Lawyers in the country, we share information, we have specialists in niche areas (think about teams in forensic accountancy or sharia, international or surrogacy law) and youll always be supported. In exchange for this, all we ask is that you join us in our journey to tripling our client base in three-years. Where is Stowe going? Backed by venture capital firm Living Bridge, were on a mission to almost triple our client base from 2,200 clients per year to 6,500. The family law space has languished, and we want to bring client-centric innovation and the best technologies and approaches modern-day marketing has to offer to supercharge our growth and the quality of service we deliver to our clients. Where do I fit in? Im glad you asked. Youll join our Nottingham team due to an internal move, were looking for a Senior Solicitor to join our close-knit team at St Nicholas Court. Reporting into Sushma, our Managing Partner, youll be pivotal in driving the success and growth of the office. This will involve meeting and converting new clients, leading a mix of quality cases across divorce, financial remedy and networking to aid business development from head office (where we have a team of 10 specialists from PPC to SEO solely driving new enquiries to our offices). Were offering a salary of 45,000-65,000 depending on experience, as well as in-house training and development, freedom, flexibility and work-life balance. Requirements Ideally, you will have: * Experience of working on quality divorce, financial remedy and children cases (we understand that you may be bias towards one area) * Ambition, hunger for growth and drive to succeed and progress * The ability to work as part of a team and region * The ability to form strong relationships, convert new clients and deliver them exceptional results * Resilience our business moves quickly to be at the forefront of family law, with that comes the need for our employees to thrive in a changing environment Benefits Whats in it for me? * 45,000-65,000 salary * 25 days holiday * Performance and values related bonu