Vacancies
Vacancies
Due to recent business growth, we have a number of new and exciting opportunities to come and join the Walker Foster team.
View our latest vacancies below:
Background
Walker Foster has a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and motivated commercial property lawyer. You will be based at our Skipton office and expected to work with clients and colleagues across all sites. This is preferably a full-time post, but we will be flexible in hours and working arrangements to achieve the best appointment.
The Role
The successful candidate will work closely with our Head of Commercial Property and be required to deal with all aspects of commercial property including agricultural property, commercial sales and purchases, commercial landlord and tenant including new leases, non-contentious lease renewals, licences and other documents ancillary to commercial leases, option agreements and conditional sale and purchase agreements, commercial property finance, sale and leaseback, overage agreements, deeds of grant.
You will also be involved with the rest of the business team in raising the firm's profile and generating work. Client contact and maintaining excellent client relationships is key in this role so great communication skills are a necessity. Our people pride 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 3 years PQE working as commercial property lawyer
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Well organised, able to prioritise and with good attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
- 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)
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
- Great place 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 and questions to [email protected]
If you would like to discuss the role please contact Kelly on 01756 700200
We have an exciting opportunity in our Skipton office for a 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 is preferably a full-time post, but we will be flexible in hours and working arrangements to achieve the best appointment.
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.
- Check and raise bills.
- Input authorised invoices.
- Manage the petty cash procedure.
- 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 desire to join and constructively contribute to our business
- strong IT skills (including Word/Excel/Outlook)
- friendly, approachable and a great team player
- you will have two years plus experience of working in an 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 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]
Walker Foster has a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Family Lawyer to join their expanding Family department and work with our Head of Family. This is a full-time post, but we will be flexible to achieve the best appointment.
We work across six sites and you will be based in our Skipton office. We are long established in the local area (one hundred and one years old). You will gain exposure to a wide spectrum of Family work and a very strong local client base and you will be supported by the family team and the firm.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent client care, commercial awareness, an ability to work well with colleagues and an energy and desire to grow in themselves and in their area of work.
What will you be doing?
The successful candidate will be running a busy caseload in the full remit of privately funded family matters such as divorce, cohabitation, ancillary relief and private children matters. You will also be involved in raising the firm's family law 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 itself on the great results it consistently delivers and you will need to be highly dedicated and passionate about your work.
What does the ideal candidate look like?
- Solicitor / qualified Legal Executive with at least 3 years PQE
- excellent communication skills
- responsible
- well organised
- able to efficiently prioritise tasks
- attention to detail
- able to comply with deadlines
- positive can- do approach
- proactive client communication
- desire to offer outstanding client service
- a desire to constructively contribute to our business
- good IT skills (including Word/Excel/Outlook)
- friendly, approachable and a great team player
- contributor to business development and growth
- commercially aware
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 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.
Salary is negotiable and dependant on experience.
Applications and questions to [email protected]
If you would like to discuss the role please contact Helen on 01756 700200
Background
Walker Foster has a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and motivated commercial lawyer. You will be based at one of our six offices and expected to work with clients and colleagues across all sites. This is preferably a full-time post, but we will be flexible in hours and working arrangements to achieve the best appointment.
The Role
The successful candidate will demonstrate a genuine interest in business clients. You will draft various forms of commercial documents (e.g. shareholder agreements, B2B contracts, B2C terms, commercial agency, distribution, partnership). You will work with the team on share sales/purchases and asset sales/purchases. You will also be involved with the rest of the business team in raising the firm's profile and generating work. Client contact and maintaining excellent client relationships is key in this role so great communication skills are a necessity. Our people pride 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 3 years PQE working as commercial lawyer
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Well organised, able to prioritise and with good attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
- 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)
- Corporate law experience
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
- Great place 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 and questions to [email protected]
If you would like to discuss the role please contact Helen on 01756 700200
We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious residential conveyancing lawyer. This is a full-time post in our Barnoldswick office.
This could be an excellent career opportunity.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent client care, commercial awareness, an ability to work well with colleagues and an energy to grow themselves and their area of work.
What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for managing your own general residential conveyancing caseload as well as working with the property team to further grow and expand work in this area.
What does the ideal candidate look like?
- Solicitor, qualified Legal Executive, Licensed Conveyancer or Para-Legal with at-least three years experience in residential conveyancing
- excellent communication skills
- responsible
- well organised
- able to efficiently prioritise tasks
- attention to detail
- able to comply with deadlines
- positive can-do approach
- proactive client communication/update
- desire to offer outstanding client 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
- contributor to business development and growth
- commercially aware
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 residential conveyancing 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 (over 100 years old) yet forward-thinking in strategy, management and application of technology
Join us and help us be the best at what we do.
Applications and questions to [email protected]
