Job Description

We are actively recruiting for a talented lawyer to join our serious injury team in Manchester or Liverpool.
Were looking for an individual who can demonstrate prior experience and expertise working on claims of the utmost severity, such as brain and spinal injury and amputation cases with an emphasis on road traffic accidents.
We would like those who have experience with running their own caseload, ideally multi-track but we are happy to consider those who have worked fast-track claims. This role is ideal for someone who wishes to gain further exposure to working on high value complex cases with a team exclusively on behalf of claimants.
Were looking for someone who can undertake substantive work on these cases with minimal assistance. You will be given the opportunity to be involved in the cases from the outset and will continue to be closely involved throughout their duration, giving you the opportunity to understand the issues involved to enable you to assist with tasks including instructing appropriate medical experts, dealing with disclosure, proofing witnesses and preparing well-structured witness statements.
What we offer in return:
We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:

• Hybrid working 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)

• 35 hours per week Monday to Friday

• 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays

• Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days

• Employee Referral scheme with payments up to 32000 per referral

• Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)

• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GPs, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more

• Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions

• Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injury

• Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more

• Life Assurance cover

• Workplace pension

• Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores

• Dental Insurance

• Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services

Your Professional Development
We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.
Our Values
Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.
How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
xc2xb7 We do what we say we will
xc2xb7 We dont wait we create
xc2xb7 We own it, we sort it
xc2xb7 We respect and encourage each other
xc2xb7 We make time to live
The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.
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