Senior Associate - Manchester, United Kingdom - Stone King

Stone King

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About us

Stone King is an ambitious and friendly firm specialising in the Business & Social Enterprise, Charity, Education, Faith and Private Client sectors.

Our collaborative culture and core values are intertwined with our ethos of doing the right thing by our clients, communities, and our people.

Our passion for the sectors we work in and the purpose-driven work we do with our clients has resulted in SK being recognised as national leaders in our specialist fields across the country.

The opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our growing and ambitious Construction team.

The team have enjoyed recent growth and investment, making it an exciting time to join the team and be part of its success.

This role is based in our Bath office; hybrid working is available and occasional travel to any of our other locations or off site as client demands require.

This role is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a highly regarded national firm, work with a high calibre client base from the outset, working closely with our nationally renowned Education team, which is ranked Tier 1 who receive outstanding recognition of their work from clients which is endorsed by
individual rankings in
Chambers and Legal 500.

In addition to the Education work, there will also be opportunity to get involved in other non-contentious construction matters from our other sectors as well (the Charity and Business Sectors in particular).

Reasons to apply
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Opportunity to gain invaluable experience across our friendly Construction Team, you'll have the opportunity to work closely with our specialists across the firm.
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To be part of an ambitious, collaborative and friendly national firm where our culture and values are at the heart of everything we do. We believe our people are our greatest asset and strive to create the best place to work.
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Excellent benefits for our people, with a focus on wellbeing and development at the forefront.

Key Responsibilities

General duties include, but are not limited to:

Effectively manage an individual caseload, and delegate to and provide supervision to more junior members of the team as required.
Foster relationships with existing and new clients. Ensure that all clients receive an excellent service.
Work in a collegiate and collaborative way within an immediate Team and wider Firm environment.
To carry out your work for both colleagues and clients to the highest possible standard, having regard to the Firm's standards, procedures and Core Values.
Work with the Business Development & Marketing Team in order to develop the Firm's reputation and client base.

Ongoing learning is something that will continue in your career at Stone King; we aim to be leaders in our chosen fields, often providing workshops and seminars not only for our people but also for external clients on key areas of law.

Requirements:

Essential

A qualified Solicitor or Barrister working and with a good lever of experience in noncontentious and contentious construction matters.
Should have some experience supervising others.
A strong commitment to career development and further learning.
Someone who performs well under pressure and can manage a sometimes intensive workload.

Desirable

Experience working within the Education, Charity and Public Sectors funding arena would be advantageous.
Specialist qualifications in Alternative Dispute Resolution, particularly arbitration and adjudication, and membership of the Charted Institute of Arbitrators would be advantageous.

Reporting
The post-holder will report to the Head of the Dispute Resolution team.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

As a Disability Confident employer, Stone King LLP is committed to offering an interview to any job applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the role as defined by the job description and person specification.

A full copy of the person specification and job description can be provided by contacting our Recruitment team.

In some recruitment situations such as high-peak times, we might need to limit the overall numbers of interviews we offer.

This will include the number of interviews offered to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria. When that happens, we'll still aim to offer a proportionate number of interviews to disabled applicants.

Benefits

Competitive salary
Profit Share Scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Benefit Platform
Profit Share Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
Life assurance (4 x salary)
Pension scheme
28 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays)
Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum

Closing date: 3 May 2024:

Stone King LLP is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity by encouraging all our staff to achieve their full potential and guaranteeing that all employment decisions are t