Job Description

Job summary

Sufficiently broad skills in Family Law to include:

Public Law Children to include representation of children. Private Law Children. Domestic Abuse. Divorce and Finance.

Main duties and requirements

The fee earner will be expected to undertake the following tasks/have and develop the following skills:

Expectation that successful applicant has the Law Society Children Law Accreditation. Good working relationships with their colleagues in the department, Refuges, Experts, Solicitors and Counsel. Good relationships with clients and to treat clients with courtesy and respect at all times. Instruction of experts, including drafting letters of instruction. Drafting Consent Orders, Children Act Applications, Application for Non Molestation and Occupation Orders, Divorce Petitions, Financial Statements and Witness Statements. Preparing Instructions/Briefs to Counsel, Trial Bundles and Indexes and updating the same where appropriate. Completing Legal Help and Public Funding Forms and assessing eligibility. Attending court to represent clients, both in relation to their own case load and that of other fee-earners in the department. This would include directions hearings and contested hearings. Managing own caseload efficiently, taking account of cost and chargeable time target. Managing their allocated support staff. Working as part of the Family Department team. Money Laundering compliance. Attending departmental meetings. Applying for Panel Memberships as requested by their line manager.

Preferred skills and experience

Thorough working knowledge and experience in the relevant departmental law to be able to act confidently for a range of clients. Knowledge of provisions regarding public funding. Good interpersonal and organisational skills. Good risk management skills, complying with regulatory requirements such as money laundering and data protection. Good file management procedures. Remain up to date with changes in the law. Supervisory skills. Experience of working with Case Management systems. Excellent PC/keyboard skills.

Person specification

Customer focus. Self-motivation: energy; positivity; can-do attitude. Flexibility. Confidentiality and discretion. Proactive; willing to use initiative. Able to work well independently as well as part of a team.
Salary for this role will be based on experience.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Health & wellbeing programme Private medical insurance Referral programme Sick pay
Experience:

Family Law: 2 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person