Senior Associate
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Position Overview & Specifications
Yes, we’re the largest specialist family law team in the country, but here’s why we’re different:
We’ll give you:
- Choice to work from home or the office and flexible working hours to fit your lifestyle - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/culture-and-c...
- Personal and professional development with no ‘glass ceilings’ - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/helping-our-people-grow/
- Focused support teams from secretaries to legal assistants, billing to credit control to client care - dedicate your time to your clients and work on the exciting stuff you trained for
- A tailored case management system that's just for Stowe Family Law with efficient workflows
- Market leading marketing capability from a huge modern-day marketing team, we've even got our own podcast, check it out; https://open.spotify.com/show/1hil0upAiohsIqTz6ui5...
- Focus on wellbeing – we took feedback from our network of mental health champions and added additional wellness leave, partnered with Lifeworks to offer physical, mental and emotional support
Who might I be working with?
Our South West offices work and socialise together and we're fortunate to have some great characters in the team, check them out;
https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/offices/cheltenha...
Who ‘is’ Stowe Family Law?
We’re the country's largest specialist family law firm with over 60 offices and over 100 specialist family lawyers. We're lucky, we've got the largest internal network of family lawyers in the UK for people to get support from - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/about-stowe-f...
Requirements
- It’s likely you’re an experienced Chartered Legal Executive, Associate Solicitor or Senior Associate within family that’s frustrated because of a lack of progression opportunities, flexibility or challenge
- You’ll have experience leading your own caseload of finance and children cases with support from the team
- You'll be comfortable being a lead lawyers and delegating portions of cases to more junior members of the team
- You want to progress your career and you want to develop
Benefits
Read about our full benefits package here - https://careers.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/employee-bene...
- Salary of £50,000-65,000
- Bonus
- A wellbeing culture including Mental Wellbeing days
- Volunteering leave
- Diversity public holidays
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Enhanced adoption, maternity and paternity pay
- Paid leave for fertility treatment
- Emergency dependants leave
- Bereavement leave
- Medical Cashplan, 24/7 GP’s, dental, counselling, gym discounts
- Training grants
- Life Assurance
- Contributory pension
- Flexible working
We know how small the family law sector is, so if you’re interested in a confidential, informal chat, call or text Mark Blackwell on 07517 994844
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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Legal
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Senior Associate roles across Stowe Family Law's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Legal.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £50,000 - £65,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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