Eventus Legal are seeking a Junior Family Lawyer to join a growing specialist family law firm in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. This is a full-time or part-time, permanent job position offering a salary of £35,000-£40,000 dependent on experience, flexible start and finish times, with the potential for agreed hybrid working once a sufficient caseload has been established. The firm is open to applicants who are still completing their legal qualifications as well as newly qualified lawyers, with practical family law experience and the confidence to take instructions and progress files under appropriate supervision being more important than a particular level of post-qualification experience. Benefits include a paid birthday day off, additional paid Christmas closure, a healthcare cash plan, life insurance cover, company pension scheme and genuine opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibilities

This Junior Family Lawyer job will provide hands-on experience across a varied private family law caseload, with the level of responsibility and supervision tailored to your current experience and stage of qualification. Key responsibilities will include:

• Taking instructions from new and existing clients and identifying the relevant legal and practical issues
• Managing and progressing family law files with appropriate supervision
• Handling matters involving divorce and dissolution
• Assisting with and progressing matrimonial finance matters, including financial remedy proceedings and negotiations
• Handling private children matters under appropriate supervision
• Drafting clear and accurate correspondence, statements, applications and other case documentation
• Providing practical, proportionate and client-focused advice at a level appropriate to your experience
• Communicating professionally with clients, solicitors and other parties throughout matters
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the Family Law team and wider firm
• Developing technical knowledge, case-management skills, commercial awareness and confidence through regular supervision and file reviews

Person Specification

The firm is deliberately flexible on qualification level and is interested in applicants with the right practical grounding in family law and the ambition to develop. Applications are welcomed from candidates who can demonstrate the following:

• Practical experience of family law, gained in a paralegal, trainee, newly qualified or comparable legal position
• Sufficient hands-on experience to take client instructions and progress files with appropriate supervision
• Experience of divorce and dissolution, matrimonial finances and private children matters
• Confidence communicating with clients and dealing sensitively with personal and often complex family circumstances
• Clear and accurate drafting skills
• A professional, organised and collaborative approach to managing files and priorities
• Good attention to detail and sound judgement
• Confidence using case-management systems and Microsoft Office
• A willingness to learn, take feedback and continue developing technical and commercial skills
• An interest in building a long-term career within family law

Benefits and Rewards

This Junior Family Lawyer opportunity combines structured development with a broad package designed to support both professional progression and working life. The successful Junior Family Lawyer will also benefit from:

• Competitive remuneration up to £40,000 dependent on experience
• Full-time or part-time working arrangements and flexible start and finish times
• Potential for agreed hybrid working once a sufficient caseload has been established
• Genuine opportunities for progression through the firm's legal career path
• Potential eligibility for a discretionary Associate Bonus Scheme as your career develops
• Your birthday day off in addition to annual leave
• Christmas office closure in addition to annual leave
• The opportunity to accrue additional annual leave through length of service
• Company pension scheme
• Life insurance cover
• Healthcare cash plan, including access to a remote doctor 24 hours a day
• Discretionary rewards recognising individual achievements and performance
• Inclusive staff and family social events
• Free park-and-ride parking approximately five minutes' walk from the office
• Potential consideration of temporary adjustments to working hours during school holidays, subject to client and operational requirements

About the Law Firm

Our client is an award-winning specialist family law firm with a growing presence and a strong focus on practical, client-focused advice. The firm has retained a personal, collaborative and supportive culture as it has expanded, with long staff service, regular supervision and genuine professional development forming an important part of its approach. For a Junior Family Lawyer joining the Doncaster, South Yorkshire team, this creates an environment in which you can build practical experience, develop technical confidence and progress your career with support from experienced colleagues across the wider firm.

Next Steps

Apply now to be considered for this career-enhancing job opportunity. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion about this Junior Family Lawyer job, please send your CV to Vanessa Grey at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at vanessa.grey@eventuslegal.com or phone 07572 760099 for a confidential discussion. Due to the high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within ten days, unfortunately you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me at the details above for a confidential discussion on your career.

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