Associate - Education Team - Bath, United Kingdom - Stone King

Stone King

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Bath, United Kingdom

3 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

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Associate or Senior Solicitor to join our top ranked (Legal 500; Chambers) Education team.

The location of this role is flexible, as the firm is embracing flexible and agile working arrangements.

The individual can be based from our Bath, Birmingham, Cambridge, Manchester, Leeds, or London office, although a mixture of home working is also available to suit individual and business need.

Travel to our other offices or offsite depending on client needs may also be required.

Reasons to apply
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Gain invaluable experience with our nationally renowned Education Team. You'll be working closely with renowned specialists across the firm, elevating your professional journey to new heights.
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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 (with supervision where appropriate)
Attend to clients of the Firm in the office or elsewhere if needed.
Work in a collegiate and collaborative way within an immediate Team and wider Firm environment.
Communicate promptly and effectively both internally to colleagues and externally to clients.
Maintain your continuing professional development requirements and take an active interest in furthering your knowledge within the field of law.
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.
To regularly attend, and be involved in preparation for, Team meetings.
To attend and be involved in preparation for marketing and business development events and activities.

Requirements:

Essential

An experienced Solicitor, with extensive experience of running own caseloads and a proven trackrecord of supervising and delegating to others effectively.
A strong commitment to career development and further learning.
Previous experience handling own caseload and ability to work independently and as part of the team.
Excellent communication skills and ability to prioritise workload.
Previous experience of supervision and development of others.
Attention to detail.
IT literate including Office 2010.

Desirable

Prior experience is preferred in providing legal advice to schools or a demonstrated desire an interest to work with the Education sector.
Previous experience of supervision and development of others.

Reporting
The post-holder will report to a Partner in the Education 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
Cycle to work scheme
Profit Share Scheme
Employee Benefit Platform
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: 17 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 taken without reference to irrelevant information or discriminatory practices.

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