Private Client Solicitor

Job Summary:

Simpson Judge is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Private Client Solicitor to join our team in Alsager. As a key member of our Private Client team, you will be responsible for developing and handling a full caseload of private client files for clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client Service: Ensure the delivery of excellent customer service to all clients, including good communication, timely response to correspondence, and proactive management of client work.
• Compliance: Ensure personal and team compliance with professional conduct rules and internal policies and procedures.
• Financial Management: Manage financial aspects of client work effectively and work within parameters communicated in relation to write-offs.
• Personal Development: Ensure personal development is sustained.
• Team Performance: Ensure achievement of financial billing targets for client work are achieved for your team.
• Cash Recovery: Meet targets for recovery of cash from clients for your team.
• File Management: Ensure personal and team manages files in a manner at all times consistent with any SLAs agreed with referrers of work.
• Supervision: Deliver effective supervision to any staff reporting in to you. Complete file reviews, on schedule, for any fee earners requested.
• New Business: Ensure that new matter opening targets are met for your team.
• Business Development: Participate regularly in business development activities to stimulate growth in caseload.
• Enquiry Handling: Ensure personally and team conversion of enquiries into new business. Achieving conversion targets and working with others and business development personally and ensuring all of the team captures data relating to enquiry handling in a manner consistent with the firm's internal procedures and communication of this data to the Business Development Manager.
• Cross-Selling: Be proactive in assisting the firm sell more services to existing clients directly or through cross-selling.
• Technology: Ensure both you and the team are proficient in the effective use of the practice and case management system and any other technologies implemented to deliver personal and firm objectives.
• Data Integrity: Ensure the integrity of data for contacts, clients, and matters which your team work on.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Private Client Solicitor or equivalent role.
• Strong knowledge of professional conduct rules and internal policies and procedures.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong financial management skills.
• Ability to meet targets and deadlines.
• Proficient in the use of practice and case management systems.