Relative p5"> Job description THE ROLE My clientis looking for a Court of Protection specialist with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience to join their well-established and fast growing team. Due to the firm’s commitment to exceptional standards in client care and in their quest to maintain high standards, they have an opening for an excellent fee earner who is as passionate as we are about protecting their clients’ interests. The team’s niche focus is to act for clients who have suffered an acquired brain injury and who have then received a high level of damages to fund theirextensive needs. This is a great opportunity for an experienced practitioner who wishes to progress their career further and to grow with this firm. The successful candidate will be working closely with the heads of department and other members of the team. Prior experience within the general private client areas of work would be an advantage. CORE DUTIES Day to day running of the Professional Deputyship matters with minimal supervision Day to day running of the Personal Injury Trusts matters with minimal supervision Contributing to marketing our services and the firm’s corporate objectives Undertaking any relevant and associated duties as directed Keeping skill set up-to-date and continually improving knowledge base required for Court of Protection and Personal Injury Trusts, and remaining Lexcel compliant. QUALIFICATIONS Candidates must be qualified Solicitors or Legal Executives - Minimum 3 years PQE with proven track record of extensive and relevant experience. SKILLS Confident communicator, persuasive and commercially astute Excellent Client Care skills and a Team player in a professionally diverse team Computer literate with experience of case management systems and Microsoft Office Ability to work autonomously, producing high quality work with minimum supervision Excellent time management and strong prioritisation skills Efficient fee earner, able to manage own caseload with minimum supervision. Good business development skills and comfortable with networking Efficient time recording and file management skills. Good mentor and ability to delegate to more junior team members I am recruiting a fee earner into each sub team - one Grade C and the other C/B although we would consider a Grade A who wants to case manage only. My client are the largest dept in the firm -they should be 13 fully staffed and their plan is to expand, X2. The majority of thier case load is high value brain injury clients - it is very niche in terms of CoP work and the work is varied. The team also manage personal injury trusts, so if someone has experience in this area, they may want to get into court of protection work. As a team, they currently manage assets in the region of £160M, so whilst we appear small in size, their CoP team is exceptional. In terms of their structure, they have 2 sub teams, who are supported by an additional 4 staff members and they provide functions that you wouldn’t normally see separated in a lot of Private Client teams. Grade B 55k - 60k Grade C 45k- 55k If want to know more about this fantastic role and company; please call me on APPLY NOW