Solicitor & Head of Family Law

Eventus Legal are seeking a Solicitor & Head of Family to join a well-established law firm in Northallerton, 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. 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 Northallerton office.

We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances.