Head of Family Team - Buckinghamshire - £65,000 + Benefits

A leading regional firm are seeking an experienced Family Solicitor (or Partner) to lead their successful and expanding practice. This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious (Senior) Associate to take a step-up in their career and we would like to speak with individuals who can demonstrate a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in family law. Partners with a client following are encouraged to apply.

You will require previous experience of dealing with:

• Divorce;
• Matrimonial finance matters;
• Private law children’s cases;
• Co-habitation agreements and disputes;
• Separation;
• Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements

Practical skills:

• Administration skills to enable self-sufficiency
• Typing skills
• Interviewing skills
• Telephone skills
• Time management skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English
• Supervisory
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
• Personable with excellent client care skills
• Work to tight and demanding deadlines.
• Must have a good working knowledge of the SRA Code of Conduct and Accounts Rules

Job purpose:

• To run and develop the family department
• To act self-sufficiently without need for secretarial or administrative support
• To run own caseload
• To assist other fee earners with their cases
• To contribute to the effective operation of the firm

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General responsibilities:

• Manage own caseloads from instruction and conclusion
• Ensure that diary dates and reminders are kept and observed
• Meet relevant quality and professional standards
• Proactively build and grow department
• Actively develop new sources of potential income streams
• Promoting a positive working environment within firm
• Marketing and promoting the firm and its service offerings
• Undertaking research on developing areas of law and procedure to remain up to date on key issues
• Maintaining  training requirements as expected by the firm and the SRA

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Tasks:

• General administrative tasks in relation to individual file management including acceptable ID and signed client care letters
• Attending upon clients, taking instructions and giving advice, confirming that in writing
• Writing letters and emails and corresponding with court, solicitors and clients
• Drafting and issuing court papers and other legal documents including Form E
• Dealing with all court directions, including reports and valuations etc
• Attending District Judges for FDA and FDR where appropriate
• Briefing Counsel for hearings
• Implementation of final orders
• Billing and seeking to meet targets
• Using precedents, template documents and other processes to enable department to be run efficiently
• Producing articles for website on current issues, landmark cases and developments in family law on a regular basis, with a minimum of 1 per month to be delivered, or as requested of you
• Utilising social media frequently, in particular LinkedIn and Twitter, to promote the firm and its service offerings
• Running and/or assisting in the running of stalls, trade shows, attending networking events and such like
• Other tasks as requested 

A generous financial package is on offer + benefits.

To apply, please submit your CV via the link below or contact ben@stonorlegal.com