Senior Associate Residential Property

Senior Associate Residential Property

Guildford

Up to £60,000

Full-Time Permanent

Benefits:

• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Private medical cover
• Contributory pension
• Life assurance
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career development plans
• Social events

Our client is in need of a Senior Associate Residential Property to undertake fee earning work and provide a profitable contribution to the work of the clients’ department. You will meet fee earning and other KPI targets, ensuring the successful development of the firm in line with the current published Business Plan.

You will be responsible for handling all forms of residential property work, either working on matters delegated by the Partners or building and developing own case load, depending on experience and ability.

Key Responsibilities as Senior Associate Residential Property:

• To assist the department as a whole in meeting its fee earning targets by providing help regarding advice and assistance to clients of the department as well as other departments of the firm.
• Conduct of matters on behalf of clients.
• Maintain client/referrer base and practice/following and continue to develop it, in a manner consistent with the firm’s values.
• Maintain professional knowledge base including attainment of annual CPD points.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory procedures.
• Undertake other duties as from time to time required and agreed.

Key Requirements:

• A good honours degree followed by LPC, training contract and PSC/or a good honours degree with CILEX to Fellow level, LPC and PSC and admitted by SRA as a Solicitor.
• Demonstrates a very high level of technical competence in the chosen area of law (and a sufficient understanding and awareness of all relevant areas of law as appropriate), with no need for supervision in their area of specialism.
• Has the confidence of all Partners and colleagues in terms of the handling of referred work, including as to quality of advice, quality of service levels, promptness of work done, and levels of fees charged.
• Achieves or exceeds targets appropriate for a Senior Associate/Managing Associate in respect of chargeable hours, fees, recovery rate, lock-up and non-chargeable time and is either achieving or working towards achieving targets for a Managing Associate/Salaried Partner. Possibly looking to progress further.
• Has successfully established, developed and maintained a client/referrer base and practice/following of their own in a manner consistent with the firm’s values.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the business of the firm, particularly that beyond the particular team/department in which the individual works.
• Consistently demonstrates willingness and aptitude to help those outside the individual’s own practice area, and to take part in management, marketing and practice development activities at a firm, department and office level.
• Where appropriate, demonstrates good management skills in terms of supervision of junior staff and delegation of work.

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Disclaimer: Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.