Senior Associate

**The opportunity**:
Stephens Scown has ambitious growth aspirations to support our goal to be the leading regional law firm in the greater South West region. To support this growth, we are looking for equally ambitious individuals to join and develop our growing Somerset office.

Just over a year on from opening our Taunton office and following an outstanding first year working with new clients, engaging with the business community and supporting the county’s communities, we are preparing to move into new permanent premises and continue to build on our growing market share.

If you’re client-focused, committed and love to work collaboratively, why not contact us to find out more about the opportunity and to learn more about the unique culture and ethos of working for an employee-owned and B Corp Certified law firm. Can you play a part in shaping our exciting future?

**Work for a place that works for you**:
As an experienced Planning Partner or Senior Associate, you’ll be familiar with the role already and understand how you add value to your clients. At Stephens Scown, you’ll work collaboratively across other teams including Real Estate, Dispute Resolution, Property Litigation, Corporate, Intellectual Property and Data Protection as well as the rest of the successful Planning team.

What makes working for Stephens Scown different? At Stephens Scown, every day is what we make it. So we make it matter. Doing notable work for notable clients, building our skills with talented people and having a positive impact on our communities sits at the heart of everything we do.

We don’t just say it, we live it. Our commitment to our people, clients and communities runs through our DNA. We are employee-owned, we are a Certified B CorporationTM, and we are featured in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 list - ensuring our culture and ethos of going above and beyond for our people, our colleagues and our communities is recognised nationally.

**About You**:

- You will be a Planning Partner or ambitious Senior Associate with 8 to 10 years’ PQE +
- You will have expertise in one or more of the following areas: obtaining planning permission, planning appeals, CIL, s106 and other agreements, judicial review, highways and public rights of way and environmental law.
- An ambitious individual who is ready for their next challenge.
- You will be able to demonstrate that you have strong analytical and communication skills and that you can work strategically with clients and as part of a team.
- You will be looking to make your mark and build a successful career as well as supporting the development of others in the team.
- You will have the ability to enhance our clients’ experience through the delivery of exceptional client service.

**What we can offer you**:

- We offer a competitive remuneration and an impressive array of benefits and rewards. Not least of these is through the Firm’s employee-ownership status, where every employee is listened to, helps to realise our vision and receives an equal share in our annual profit-share.
- Our hybrid working model and approach to flexible working enables our people to share their working time between home and the office to support a healthy work / life balance.
- View a full list of our benefits - including 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays and your birthday), private medical insurance, group life assurance, access to a comprehensive range of wellbeing support, and three additional days’ paid leave to support good causes.
- Our culture is vibrant and supportive, enabling our people to develop their skills and live their best lives with a focus on delivering a genuine work-life balance.

**Why Stephens Scown?**:
**Being Great Matters**:
Working here is something else entirely. It’s a place where we can step up to tough challenges with people so good they inspire us to be better. We proudly work in a beautiful part of the country, go beyond expectations and achieve things that matter.

**Owning It Matters**:
We’re the UK’s first major employee-owned law firm. But more than this, we’re people-centred, people-powered. We do what it takes to help each other overcome every challenge. Whatever’s happening in the world, empowering our people is what matters.

**Doing Good Matters**:
Our communities and colleagues give us a lot to be thankful for. So we try to make them feel as valued as our clients. Whether we’re digging deep and giving our time and money, picking up rubbish from our streets and beaches, at Stephens Scown, if it’s right, it matters.

**Having Fun Matters**:
We might have the expertise of a top city firm, but outside our offices there’s not a skyscraper in sight. Whether we’re getting to know our clients on our local beach or having fun in the park with colleagues, we’re all about living a life enriched by work. Making the fun matter.

Planning

Full Time

Taunton

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive