Family Senior Associate

Stowe Family Law LLP; Brighton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading family law firm in Brighton is seeking a Chartered Legal Executive or Solicitor who is ambitious and desires to take on their own caseload. You will benefit from a flexible work environment and tailored growth opportunities. The firm offers a supportive culture emphasizing wellbeing, with numerous benefits including a competitive salary and health insurance.

Benefits

Mental Wellbeing days

Access to counselling sessions

26 days holiday

Enhanced parental leave

Medicash health insurance

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Frustrated with lack of progression opportunities or flexibility.
• Experience in managing finance and children cases.
• Desire for career development and personal growth.

Skills

Leadership of own caseload

Empathy and sensitivity towards clients

Ambition to progress career

Education

Chartered Legal Executive or Solicitor

Job description

Working at Stowe you’ll enjoy the advantages of being part of a leading national family law firm while benefiting from the close-knit support of a local team. Although we're the largest family law team nationwide, we have smaller offices so you feel part of a close-knit team. Here’s why we stand out:

• Flexible work environment: Whether you prefer working from home or the office, you design how your working week looks and we can support whatever works for you - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/culture-and-community/
• Tailored growth opportunities: Experience personal and professional development without any limitations, our structure offers a diverse range of growth opportunities. There are no 'glass ceilings' hindering your progress, just let us know how you want to develop and we’ll work together to achieve it - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/helping-our-people-grow/
• Comprehensive support teams: We couldn't do it without them. Our dedicated support teams, ranging from secretaries to legal assistants, billing to credit control, and client care, enable you to focus on your clients and engage in the exciting aspects of family law.
• Emphasis on wellbeing: Prioritise your wellbeing, we have incorporated feedback from our network of mental health champions to foster the best approach. Additionally, we offer wellness leave and have partnered with Lifeworks to provide comprehensive physical, mental, and emotional support. Stowe will support you and your career.
• Our legal teams: We're lucky, we've got the largest internal network of family lawyers in the UK for you to get support from, there's always someone available to get advice from - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/about-stowe-f ...
• Cutting‑edge marketing: Leverage our leading marketing capabilities supported by our talented marketing team. Check out some of their content, explore our podcast on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1hil0upAiohsIqTz6ui5nJ
• Tailored case management system: Benefit from our customised case management system featuring efficient workflows designed to streamline your processes. We’re constantly thinking of ways to do things better.

Requirements

• It’s likely you’re a Chartered Legal Executive, Associateor Solicitor within family who’s frustrated because of a lack of progression opportunities, flexibility or challenge
• You’ll be comfortable leading your own caseload of finance and children cases with support from the team
• You’re ambitious, you want to progress your career and you want to develop
• You understand the need for empathy and sensitivity for clients going through an incredibly difficult period

Benefits

Read about our full benefits package here - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/employee-bene...

• £60,000-£70,000
• Bonus
• A wellbeing culture including Mental Wellbeing days, and access to counselling sessions
• Volunteering leave
• Diversity public holidays
• 26 days holiday
• Enhanced adoption, maternity and paternity pay
• Paid leave for fertility treatment
• Emergency dependants leave
• Bereavement leave
• Medicash health insurance - 24/7 GP’s, dental, counselling, gym discounts
• Training grants
• Life Assurance
• Contributory pension
• Flexible working

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