Job Description

Staff365 are looking for a Fee Earner/Legal Executive with a minimum of 5 Years PQE who is confident in working without supervision and has legal aid experience.

Location: Bradford – the role is office based and there will be a requirement to attend court. Usually Bradford, which is ten minutes away from the office and occasionally Leeds, Huddersfield or Skipton.

Hours: Full time

Salary: 28k to 35k DOE

The caseload will be predominantly legally aided and is made up of relationship breakdown, domestic violence, children dispute, cohabitation and financial settlement matters with also quite a number of care cases so public family law knowledge would be advantageous.

Fee Earner Person specification – Skills, knowledge and experience required:

Experience of attending on clients

Experience of briefing Counsel

Experience of attending conferences with Counsel

Experience of drawing up bills

Experience in Legal Aid

Fee Earner Practical skills:
Interviewing skills

Telephone skills

Time management skills

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English

Ability to prioritise own workload

Ability to work as part of a team

Fee Earner Job purpose:
To run own caseload

To assist other senior partner with her cases

To contribute to the effective operation of the firm

Fee Earner General responsibilities:
Manage own caseload

Maintain a watching brief over the other fee earners’ files when they are on holiday, sick, etc.

Ensure that strict diary dates are observed

Meet relevant quality and professional standards

Fee Earner Tasks:
General administrative tasks in relation to individual file management

Visiting clients, taking instructions

Writing letters

Briefing Counsel (where necessary)

Giving instructions to experts

Advocacy

Billing

Other tasks as requested

Staff365 are an employment business and equal opportunities employer. INDHP

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