Eventus Legal are seeking a Solicitor & Head of Family to join a well-established law firm in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. This is a full-time, permanent job position paying up to £65,000, dependent on experience, and combining an active privately funded family law caseload with responsibility for leading and developing a small multi-site team. The hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with a one-hour lunch break, with hybrid working and remote working from home for two days per week. The employer is looking to appoint as soon as possible. Benefits include additional paid time off at Christmas and for your birthday, health and wellbeing support, a workplace pension and ongoing training and development.

Role Responsibilities

Based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, the Solicitor & Head of Family will combine day-to-day family fee earning with oversight of the department, supporting colleagues across several offices and contributing to wider leadership decisions.

• Manage a caseload of privately funded family matters, including divorce, cohabitation, ancillary relief and private children work.
• Lead, mentor and support a multi-site team of three fee earners, a trainee solicitor, a paralegal and a legal assistant.
• Set and deliver departmental plans aligned with the wider business strategy and contribute to Senior Leadership Team discussions.
• Monitor KPIs including billing, fees received, work in progress, aged debt, capacity and profitability, taking action where needed.
• Hold regular team and performance meetings, supporting supervision, development, wellbeing, recruitment, onboarding and training.
• Maintain high standards of client care, file progression, confidentiality, risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Develop external relationships and support marketing, business development and referral generation across the team.

Person Specification

The successful Solicitor & Head of Family will need strong privately funded family law experience together with the commercial awareness and people skills required to lead a department effectively.

• Strong experience managing privately funded family matters, including divorce, cohabitation, ancillary relief and private children work.
• A successful track record of achieving billing targets and managing performance against agreed KPIs.
• Experience leading, supervising or mentoring colleagues, with the ability to support a team working across multiple sites.
• Commercial awareness and confidence using financial and performance information to monitor departmental performance.
• Strong communication, influencing and coaching skills, with the emotional intelligence to manage performance constructively.
• Sound judgment, decision-making, resilience, conflict management and time management skills.
• A clear commitment to client care, professional standards, risk management and compliance, alongside strong IT capability.

Benefits and Rewards

The Solicitor & Head of Family package combines a competitive salary with flexible working and a broad range of employee benefits.

• Salary up to £65,000, dependent on experience.
• Full-time, permanent employment, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with a one-hour lunch break.
• Hybrid working, with remote working from home for two days per week.
• Annual leave starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays, additional paid time off at Christmas and birthday leave, with the option to purchase additional annual leave.
• Company-funded healthcare after six months' employment, plus employee assistance and remote GP services.
• A workplace pension scheme with employer contributions after three months' employment.
• Regular training and development across legal knowledge, systems and professional skills.
• Access to employee perks and wellbeing benefits, plus a paid day each year for volunteering or fundraising.

About the Company

Our client is a regional law firm focused on personal, reliable client service and high professional standards. The culture is supportive and collaborative, with an emphasis on respect, development and helping colleagues perform at their best.

The recruitment process is planned as a first-stage Teams meeting to discuss work history, get to know the applicant and answer questions, followed by a final face-to-face interview at the Harrogate office.

Next Steps

Apply now to be considered for this career enhancing job opportunity. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion about this Solicitor & Head of Family job, please send your CV to Amy Watson at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at amy.watson@eventuslegal.com or phone 01325 624084 for a confidential discussion. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications received for roles, if you have not heard from us within 10 days you have not been successful 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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