Job Description

Role: Associate Solicitor - Family

Place of work:

Glasgow

, City Centre

Contract type: Permanent, 35 hours

Working Hours: Monday Friday, 9am 5pm

Are you an experienced Family Solicitor? Would you like the opportunity to join an established Family department within a growing firm? If so, Jones Whyte has the opportunity you are looking for!

The Role

Jones Whyte are looking for an experienced Associate Solicitor to join our Family department. The role will require you to handle your own caseload, being responsible for helping to progress a variety of matters for fee paying clients including: separation and divorce, financial provision, child contact, adoption and guardianship. You will be comfortable recording the time spent on client matters to ensure accurate client billing and credit control.


The department is currently made up of a 2 Partners, an Associate, Consultants, Solicitors, Trainees, two Legal Secretaries all with the support of a dedicated Legal Support Team. We have staff based within both our Glasgow and Edinburgh offices and this role would ideally be based in the Glasgow office. As an Associate you would have the responsibility to mentor junior staff and would be involved in Business Development opportunities.


Jones Whyte invest in our staff and offer training and development with this role presenting an opportunity for the right candidate to continue developing personally and professionally within the firm and gain partnership. We offer hybrid working to enable a better work-life balance and all our people benefit from competitive salaries, bonuses, company referrals, well-being support, holiday buy/sell and loyalty schemes.

Responsibilities

+ Managing your own caseload of family law client matters + Corresponding with clients and other solicitors
+ Progressing client matters to litigation in the Sheriff Court and Court of Session, where appropriate
+ Responsible for written and oral advocacy of litigated matters, as well as instructing counsel and skilled witnesses where required
+ Supporting business development within the department
+ Reporting to the partner leading the department on all matters
+ Providing quality, practical advice to clients advising them in their options
+ Researching points of law and keeping up to date with changes and legal developments
+ Adequately maintaining, utilising and working from the firms case management system
+ Mentoring & supporting junior members of staff

Requirements:

+ Minimum of 5 years PQE experience - having gained broad family law experience. + A dynamic individual, w to be part of a modern, friendly, family law team.
+ Excellent relationship and client handling skills
+ Strong work ethic and team player
+ Strong communication and organisation skills
+ Ability to work independently and as part of a team and under pressure and often to tight court and case deadlines
+ Positive outlook
+ Kind and caring individual, who is compassionate and empathetic of nature

Company Benefits

+ Competitive Salary + Company Pension Scheme
+ Company Bonus Scheme
+ Excellent Company Maternity and Paternity Benefits
+ 23 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays. Including closing over Christmas & New Year.
+ Holiday Loyalty Scheme: Earn an additional 5 days holiday.
+ Buy and Sell up to 3 holiday days each year
+ Hybrid Working (on completion of office-based training)
+ Company Staff Referral Scheme
+ Wellbeing Support
+ Annual Company Day Out and Quarterly team nights/days out
+ Early finish on your birthday