Sue Ross Legal are recruiting for a Private Client Solicitor (or equivalent qualifications and experience will also be considered) to join a thriving award-winning Private Client Team in a busy city centre firm.
The role requires that the successful candidate will assist the Head of the Department and take on a full caseload of existing files as well as building their own workload and supervising some of the junior staff within the team. You will be expected to manage a full range of matters including wills, lasting powers of attorney, wealth planning/protection, probate, intestate administration, as well as trusts, COP and generally elderly client matters.
Career progression is also available within the firm and there will be opportunities to be involved with marketing and business building.
Required experience and skills:
* Good working knowledge and experience of Wills, probate, trusts and elderly client practice;
* Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel;
* Experience preparing Estate or Trust Accounts and distribution of the same;
* Experience of making all the relevant applications (Grant or Registration etc.)
* Numerical skills;
* Excellent communication skills - experience in dealing with clients via telephone and face-to-face is essential;
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload;
* Ability to work effectively within a team as well as independently;
* Ability to work under pressure as and when required ...