Job Description

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Solicitor

Date posted

15/05/2025

Job reference

HJ0357

Background

Based in Cardiff, our specialist Trusts and
Estates Administration department work on behalf of individuals
and companies to offer specialist advice on probate, trusts and
estates administration, lasting powers of attorney and deeds of
variation.

The role

We currently have an opportunity for a
Solicitor to join our Trusts and Estates Administration
department.



The role will involve the administration of
taxable and non-taxable estates with a range of complexity, to
include the supervision of paralegals working in the team.



The role will involve working to targets,
strict deadlines and service level agreements using case
management systems. Experience of supervising a team would be
advantageous.

Skills & Qualifications

The successful candidate will have minimum
12 months experience in all areas of non-contentious probate; in
particular wills, estates, tax and trusts.
STEP diploma is advantageous but not essential Forward thinking Self-motivated Strong organisational & time management skills Client care skills

Life at Hugh James

We never shy
away from a challenge



We are a leading, full-service UK law firm.
Since our beginning, we have been led by the things that matter.
We care about fighting for the right outcomes. Solving the
seemingly unsolvable. Protecting businesses, individuals and
livelihoods. Supporting our people, our communities. Safeguarding
our planet. Looking for a way forward? At Hugh James, challenges
- of all sizes - are readily accepted.


The Hugh James
difference



Our law firm has always been guided by the
idea that self-belief is just as important as skillset. Our
pursuit of righting wrongs and protecting what important keeps us
driving forwards. It in our roots! We won stop until we find the
answers; the outcomes that are needed.



We are focused on the work we do, the
business we run, and our culture. Our entrepreneurial spirit has
taken us from humble beginnings to a strong presence across the
UK with offices in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and
Plymouth - servicing clients from businesses, individuals and
banks to public sector organisations, property companies,
education establishments and utilities providers. Our collegiate
culture, our forward-looking ethos, our values serve to make us
bigger, better, bolder than ever before.


A positive force
in the community



Our work with charities on a local and
national level plays a huge part in our day-to-day lives. We work
with a large range of charities, some of which we support through
fundraising, donations, volunteering and others we partner with
where our areas of work cross paths. Staff, clients everyone
comes together through a shared passion to do good in the
community and support those in need.


Some of our
benefits on offer include:



Minimum of 25 days holiday plus bank
holidays

Two Corporate Social Responsibility
days

Birthday day off

Death in service equivalent to twice annual
salary

Auto enrolment pension scheme

Hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts for local businesses

Professional fees paid (subject to
requirement for your role)

Employee recruitment incentive scheme



Hugh James is an equal opportunities and
disability confident committed employer.



Thank you for taking the time to consider
this opportunity. If you have questions, please contact Jack
Osborne.


This vacancy is
open to direct applications only, no approaches via recruitment
agencies will be accepted at this time.


We reserve the
right to close our vacancies earlier than the given deadline if
we receive sufficient applications for the role.