CURRENT VACANCIES/OPPORTUNITIES
Private Client Lawyer - Battle Office
If you are a Private Client Lawyer with at least 5 years PQE, we have the perfect opportunity for you. The role is based in our office at Lower Lake, which is just a short stroll from Battle Abbey in the picturesque town of Battle. Here you will be part of a small private client team, with the support of a much larger department across our 5 offices in East Sussex. We are a trusted provider of legal services to the local community, serving multiple generations of families and new clients alike. We have a strong reputation for delivering a tailored and personal service and are seeking a lawyer who will embrace this approach, building on local relationships and forging their own reputation alongside the firm’s.
This is a great opportunity for an individual who wants to be part of a friendly team, with the opportunity to grow a strong and loyal client base of their own.
If you consider yourself to be personable, enthusiastic and knowledgeable, take a look at the job role, below, and get in touch.
Duties
- Supported by a Legal Secretary you will deal with your own caseload of Private Client matters, to include Wills & Probate, Estate Administration, Inheritance & Tax Planning, Power of Attorney and Trusts.
- You will be responsible for communicating with clients and third parties whilst maintaining accurate records of all actions taken.
- Maintaining client and colleague relationships and frequently communicating with them
- Meeting and exceeding annual billing target
- Contribute to business development initiatives
You will be
- A Solicitor or Legal Executive with 5 years PQE
- A great communicator with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- The selected candidate will be expected to work under their own initiative and manage their time and workload appropriately. They will also be expected to be actively involved in marketing opportunities to help drive new business.
The Offer
- Salary depending on experience plus non-contractual bonus scheme related to your individual billing
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and additional leave at Christmas when the firm shuts
- Statutory pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Hybrid working opportunities following successful completion of probation
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm with 1 hour for lunch; flexible working may be possible for the right candidate.
To apply please submit a covering letter with your CV to HR@heringtons.com detailing the position and branch town in the reference.
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Legal Cashier
We are looking for an experienced Legal Cashier to join our friendly and progressive Finance Team based at our Head Office in central Hastings. The successful candidate will help deliver the firm’s day-to-day cashiering functions, ensuring that all transactions are processed accurately and in accordance with the SRA Accounts Rules and the firm’s accounting and risk-management procedures.
Key responsibilities
- Reconciling client, business and petty cash accounts
- Monitoring and processing electronic payments, including CHAPS, BACS and Faster Payments
- Checking completion statements and arranging completion payments
- Processing foreign payments when required
- Identifying, allocating and posting incoming receipts
- Banking client and business account receipts
- Calculating and applying client interest
- Processing credit and debit card payments
- Dealing with internal and external enquiries
- Managing out-of-date cheques
- Completing filing and general administrative duties
- Ensuring all client transactions comply with the SRA Accounts Rules
- Providing wider support to the Finance Team as required
About you
You will need:
- At least three years’ legal cashiering experience, including client account work
- Up-to-date knowledge of the SRA Accounts Rules
- GCSE-level education or equivalent
- Strong numerical and organisational skills
- A consistently accurate and careful approach
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A professional telephone manner
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team
Experience of Partner for Windows would be an advantage.
Although we pride ourselves on our legal excellence, it’s not all work. Throughout the year we offer social event opportunities for our staff to enjoy. We’re family friendly and encourage a healthy work life balance. Please apply by sending your CV with a covering letter to us at hr@heringtons.com with the words Legal Cashier in the subject.
Legal Secretary, Float Team, Central Services
We are looking for a full time legal secretary to join our existing float team to cover holiday and sickness across all five of our offices in East Sussex (Battle, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Hastings and Rye). Ideally applicants should have experience in more than one of our three legal disciplines -Private Client, Conveyancing or Litigation.
Benefits include free life insurance cover, 20 days holiday rising to 25 with service and additional leave given to cover part of the Christmas break. In addition recruitment incentives, annual performance related bonus for support staff, annual social event paid for by the firm. In this role some travel expenses are also included.
Interested applicants should email their CV to hr@heringtons.com heading the email "Float Legal Secretary".
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If you are looking for interesting, high quality legal work in a beautiful location on the south coast get in touch!
We have a wealth of experience to share and provide an excellent, supportive environment in which to develop your legal expertise and grow your reputation. We are a well-established law firm with over 250 years of history serving our local clients. Our team are forward thinking and very focussed on employee engagement and staff well-being. We have over 100 members of staff in our five offices across East Sussex.
All our files are maintained digitally, offering the added flexibility for many of our lawyers to work from home when needed, although being in the office together is still something we have found to be important, so we do ask you to spend at least three days per week at the office. We have a strong compliance and also a no-blame culture so we are confident you will feel professionally safe but also well supported.
Although we pride ourselves on our legal excellence, it’s not all work. Throughout the year we offer social event opportunities for our staff to enjoy. We’re family friendly and encourage a healthy work life balance. We publish our current vacancies here on this page, but do get in touch if you are interested in joining us but see nothing suitable advertised by sending your CV with a covering letter to us at hr@heringtons.com