Family Solicitor

Eventus Legal are seeking a Family Solicitor with experience to join a highly regarded, Legal 500 ranked Family Law team. This is a permanent, office-based position based in the Gosforth office. The firm offers fantastic benefits including a generous holiday allowance of 25 days holiday plus an extra 3 days at Christmas, employee assistance programme and health and well-being discounts.

Role responsibilities

The incoming Family Solicitor will advise clients on privately funded family matters across the whole issues such as divorce and finance, children’s issues such as residence and contact, civil partnership dissolution and other areas such as surrogacy, contact for grandparents or agreements for people living together or about to get married.

Person specification

Applications are welcomed from Solicitors or Legal Executives, ideally from 2 years’ PQE to 5 years’ PQE, although applications outside this range will be considered if you can demonstrate the skills. You will be experienced in Family law, particularly in relation to financial matters.

We are looking for excellent client care skills from Solicitors who are pro-active and self-motivated, flexible and adaptive and can demonstrate an excellent attention to detail.

Benefits and Rewards

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Family Solicitor to join an award-winning law firm. Along with a highly rewarding salary, further benefits include:

• 25 days holiday, plus an extra 3 at Christmas and an extra 5 days paid leave on every 5th anniversary.
• Employee Assistance programme.
• Firmwide bonus, plus extra vouchers for Christmas and your birthday.
• 4% employer contribution to pension scheme.
• Health and wellbeing platform with high street discounts.

About the Company

As a Family Solicitor, you will be joining a Legal 500 ranked boutique law firm with an excellent reputation. They provide a range of legal advice to both private individuals and businesses across the region and nationally. As a proud North-East business, they enjoy involvement in a number of community initiatives across the region. They operate in a highly ethical way, and their vision, mission and why are all underpinned by the company’s values which have been identified as being important throughout their teams.

Next Steps

If you are interested in learning more about this Family Solicitor role, please send your CV to Amy Watson at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at [email removed] or contact [phone removed] for a confidential discussion.

If this role isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me at the details above for a confidential discussion on your career.

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