Head of Team / Family Supervising Solicitor [Solicitor or Legal Executive]
Location: Leeds office
Experience Required: 3+ years PQE
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supervising Solicitor for our Leeds office to join and assist with developing our expanding team.
Your Profile:
You will have experience in the following areas of family and childcare law:
* Care Proceedings and PLO matters
* Divorce and finances
* Private Law Children
* Domestic Abuse, Non Molestation / Occupation Orders
We would like the ideal candidate to:
* Be able to lead and supervise a growing team
* Be able to work independently and as part of a team
* Be competent and willing to undertake your own advocacy
* Have a following preferred
* Be willing to work towards panel accreditation
* Be prepared to network and create new business
What we are seeking:
* Someone who will hit the ground running
* Understand legal aid
* Undertake and generate private paying work
Working with us:
We will offer ongoing training and support to develop your career as part of a strong and growing multi-office team. Our offices are friendly, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment in modern IT to enable you to work proficiently. Our team works on a hybrid basis with a split of office working and remote working.
We offer a great package of annual leave, providing 25 days (plus bank holidays / Christmas and New Year), which increases with service.
Employee benefits with GTS:
* Profit sharing through bonuses, based on billing and meeting targets
* Pension Scheme with employer contribution
* Administrative support
* Firm laptop and mobile phone
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Ongoing training and development
* Hybrid working arrangements
* Support from colleagues for case cover
* Supportive supervision from mentors
* Annual appraisals and salary reviews
* Bi-annual parties for Summer and Christmas
* Additional perks and benefits
* Competitive training packages
Our lawyers focus on their fee-earning; billing and credit control is undertaken independently by other teams in-house. We have a dedicated in-bound telephony team to take calls and messages for our fee earners. Lawyers also have the benefit of dictation and support staff to assist in easing the pressure and enabling efficient working.
We are a multi-office, multi-service Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners firm recognized for excellence in various legal fields.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Law Practice
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