Vacancies
Vacancies
Background
Walker Foster has a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Family Lawyer with a proven track record. This is a full-time post, but we may be flexible to achieve the best appointment. We work across six sites and you will be based in our Skipton office, but there is some flexibility on location with potential to work from Skipton, Silsden or Northallerton.
The Role
The successful candidate will be running a busy caseload in the full remit of privately funded family matters such as divorces, cohabitation, finance, and private children's matters. A large part of your role will be to lead and develop the Family team. You will also be responsible for playing a key role in raising the firm's profile and generating new work. Client contact and maintaining excellent client relationships is key in this role so great communication skills are a necessity. The firm prides themselves on the great results they consistently deliver and so you will need to be highly dedicated and passionate about your work.
About You
Essential
- Solicitor / qualified Legal Executive with at least 8 years PQE
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Well organised, able to prioritise and with good attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
- Experience working efficiently with a secretary or assistant
- Strong client care focus
- Commercially aware, conscientious, and responsible
- Team player with positive ‘can do’ attitude
- Clean driving licence
Desired
- ambitious with the desire to join and constructively contribute to our business
- strong IT skills (including Word/Excel/Outlook/Proclaim)
- track record of leading and developing a team and mentoring junior colleagues
- Leadership qualities and ability and desire to successfully grow and develop the family department
Why Join Us?
- Good competitive salary
- Career development opportunities
- Staff benefits including:
- NHS top-up benefits scheme membership
- reward and recognition
- additional holidays as a reward for long service
- Winter holiday bonus and additional paid leave
- Parking on-site
- Great location to work
About us
We:
- believe our people are important
- encourage staff to maintain a good work-life balance.
- are committed to putting back into the local communities we serve
- have a supportive and progressive Board and management
- are investing in our business and our people
- are long-established (over 100 years) yet forward-thinking in strategy, management, and application of technology
Join us and help us be the best at what we do.
Applications to [email protected]
If you would like to discuss the role please contact Helen on 01756 700200
We have an exciting opportunity in our Skipton office for a full-time legal cashier who will work directly to our Head of Accounts. We are a long-established, forward-looking business serving the Aire Valley and beyond with offices in Skipton, Ilkley, Silsden and Barnoldswick, Settle and Northallerton.
This could be an excellent career opportunity.
What you will be doing
You will be supporting the Accounts Department Manager in the provision of financial services to the business by;
- Making sure the Solicitors Accounts Rules are adhered to.
- Complying with Money Laundering requirements.
- Process incoming BACS/CHAPS.
- Process client and office account cheque receipts, banking these daily.
- Execute outgoing CHAPS and BACS payments via online banking
- Cheque production from both client and office account
- Cheque and raise bills
- Input authorised invoices.
- Manage the petty cash procedure.
- Credit control.
- Dealing with accounts queries
What does the ideal candidate look like?
- excellent communication skills
- responsible
- well organised
- able to efficiently prioritise tasks
- attention to detail
- able to comply with deadlines
- positive can-do approach
- proactive communication/update
- desire to offer outstanding service
- ambitious with a desire to join and constructively contribute to our business
- strong IT skills (including Word/Excel/Outlook)
- experience of case management systems (ideally Proclaim)
- friendly, approachable and a great team player
- you will have two years plus experience of working in a legal accounts department
Why Join Us?
- competitive salary
- career opportunities
- NHS top-up benefits scheme membership
- reward and recognition
- additional holidays as a reward for long service
- employee assist scheme
- working in a beautiful area
- a great opportunity to join a growing, busy team where you'll play an integral part in the delivery of excellent client care
- wide and interesting spectrum of dispute resolution matters.
- work is often fast-paced and challenging
- You will be working with an experienced team in a client-focused environment
- the team are collaborative and enjoy what they do, which makes for a positive working environment
- our people are important
- we offer a flexible approach to working and encourage staff to maintain a good work-life balance.
- we are committed to putting back into the communities which we serve
- We are long-established (we celebrate 101 years this year) yet forward-thinking in strategy, management and application of technology
Join us and help us be the best at what we do.
Applications to [email protected]
Background
This is a full-time post, but we may be flexible to achieve the best appointment. We work across six sites and there is some flexibility on where you will be based. Some remote working is possible. People are a key success factor in our business and the backbone of our business plan.
The Role
This is a senior management position and you will be part of the Management Board and work closely with the Management Team, Director of Operations, and the Managing Director. Experience of working with a law firm or other professional service organisation may be an advantage but is not essential. Out of sector experience might be welcome. You will be encouraged to contribute to the development of a future business strategy.
We are proud of the great results we consistently deliver and so you will need to be highly dedicated and passionate about your work.
About You
Essential
- Experience and/or qualifications in:
- in HR for at least 5 years and in organisations of circa 60 employees
- developing, delivering, and review of training and career development
- performance review
- recruitment and staff retention
- creating a strong positive and inclusive culture across a business
- excellent verbal and written communication skills (basic competence with Word and Outlook)
- Well organised, able to prioritise and with good attention to detail and ability to meet project deadlines
- Commercially aware, conscientious, and responsible
- Team player with positive ‘can do’ attitude
- Confident, assertive, and able to deal with challenge and conflict
- Clean driving licence
Desired
- Experience of working across multiple sites
- Experience of contributing to people strategy and managing change
- Very strong IT skills (including Word/Excel/Outlook/Proclaim)
- Track record of leading and developing a team and mentoring junior colleagues
- Leadership qualities and ability and desire to successfully grow our business
Why Join Us?
- Good competitive salary
- Career development opportunities
- Staff benefits including:
- NHS top-up benefits scheme membership
- reward and recognition
- additional holidays as a reward for long service
- Winter holiday bonus and additional paid leave
- Parking on-site
- Great location to work
About us
We:
- believe our people are important
- encourage staff to maintain a good work-life balance.
- are committed to putting back into the local communities we serve
- have a supportive and progressive Board and management
- are investing in our business and our people
- are long-established (over 100 years) yet forward-thinking in strategy, management, and application of technology
Join us and help us be the best at what we do.
Applications to [email protected]
If you would like to discuss the role please contact Helen on 01756 700200
