Your Role
and What You'll Be Doing
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Paralegal/ Legal Executive / Solicitor to join our Estate Administration Team in Sheffield, forming part of our Partnerships, Wills and Probate Division.
You will run a large caseload with autonomy under limited supervision, often managing demanding and competing priorities.
The successful candidate will have a solid background of estate administration and in dealing with a wide variety of estates ranging from low to high value/ complexity.
About You
1. Technical knowledge of Estate Administration ideally including in more complex areas for example trusts, taxable estates, foreign and business assets.
2. Ability to work professionally and collaboratively
3. Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances
4. A friendly, enthusiastic and can-do approach
We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:
5. To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
6. To be approachable and caring
7. To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
8. To be efficient in the provision of our services
9. To work with a foundation of integrity.
We believe the role would best suit someone with around 2 PQE plus but we are open to applications from candidates outside of this who feel they can add value to the role.
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
10. 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
11. Generous and flexible pension schemes.
12. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
13. Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!
Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.