Family Lawyer - PQE 4+ years

Family Lawyer – 4+ years PQE – Peterborough - £competitive

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Family team which will be based at the Peterborough office but also remotely covering a wider area between all our offices.

Accountabilities:

• Deliver on a variety of Family based cases, as an integral part of the Family team
• Deliver on individual targets without direct supervision
• Ensure high levels of client satisfaction and build appropriate relationships with clients
• Adhere to agreed quality procedures and management systems
• Undertake and deliver work in a commercially effective manner
• Continually develop technical and non-technical skills to meet client and firm requirements and demonstrate continuous improvement in all areas of work
• Some travel required for business development, meetings and training purposes
• Actively participate in the business development strategy of a large and expanding team

Qualifications, skills, knowledge and personal attributes:

• Relevant professional qualification or relevant industry experience

Skills / Experience:

• Strong legal skills in the wide spectrum of Family Law discipline
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Advocacy skills and confidence at Court
• Working knowledge of case management systems and Microsoft Office applications
• Competent document production skills for self-generated documentation
• Ability to adopt a non-confrontational approach to negotiation

Key areas of focus:         

• Children Act Proceedings
• Divorce
• Financial Remedy Proceedings
• Extending focus on International work
• Pre-nuptial Agreements
• Cohabitation – Cohabitation Agreements
• TOLATA
• Schedule 1 Children Act

Personal attributes:

• Strong team player with a motivated hands-on approach.
• Confident organisational skills to co-work on cases with other team members
• Use initiative, plan and organise own time and workload, to meet deadlines and prioritise work
• A desire to uphold and develop the principles of Resolution and ‘Dispute Resolution’ methods, including Mediation and Collaborative Law
• A measured and rational approach to problem solving
• Deal confidently and diplomatically with clients and other stakeholders
• Demonstrate integrity and congruence when dealing with people
• Personal responsibility for time capture, provision of costs information and fee recovery

Reward and development:

We pride ourselves on a positive work environment where independent thinking and new ideas are actively encouraged and where every member of the team can genuinely make a difference.  We have a reward programme that we recognise when someone has gone the extra mile or demonstrated excellence in their role.

We are an equal opportunities employer and, as a firm, our values are:

• Responsibility
• Empowering (no idea is a bad idea, everyone empowered to think acquire)
• Sharing – collaboration and sharing of best practice/success
• Positivity – mistakes can become positive, learning experiences
• Enabling & Expectations
• Communication – default to open
• Trust – in all our colleagues based on mutual respect

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