Private Client Fee Earner

Overview

Sacco Mann have been instructed on an excellent opportunity for a Private Client Fee Earner to join our client’s Private Client department based in their Wakefield City Centre offices. Ideally, you will have upwards of 4 years’ worth of experience gained from a Private Client background.

The client

My client are a lovely high street practice with an excellent local reputation and have gone from strength to strength in their 25+ years of establishment. With 12 offices spanning across Yorkshire and over 250 staff members, they pride themselves on their outstanding client care standards and excellent work/life balance they have achieved for all individuals.

Joining a team of 7 people including fee earners and support staff such as secretaries, the Private Client department is a well established team of experts and offer advice on a variety of matters including wills, trusts and inheritance tax, to name a few.

Benefits

- Flexible working hours

- Hybrid working

- Bupa Wellbeing Plan

- 5 weeks’ annual leave PLUS bank holidays

- Additional half days off for Christmas Eve and New Years’ Eve

- Recruitment bonus payments

- Group Life Assurance

- Perkbox membership

The role

- Managing a caseload of a broad range of Private Client matters unsupervised, although you will be provided with support on areas in which you wish to progress

- Your caseload will include Administration of Estates, Grant application, Trusts and Administration of Trusts

- This may also include some Wills and LPA matters

- From time to time, you can expect to be travelling across the firm’s Yorkshire offices

- Confidently dealing with clients and third parties involved on your files

- Liaising with clients regularly and keeping them up to date on the process of their cases

- This environment is quite demanding and therefore you will be working quickly and efficiently to deadlines

The ideal candidate

- You must have demonstrable experience upwards of 4 years’ worth from a Private Client background

- Ideally, you will be STEP or SFE qualified, although this is not essential to be considered for the role

- You will be a team player with the ability to work independently on your caseload, as well as a desire to truly excel and progress your career in Private Client with a progressive and supportive firm

How to apply

If you are interested in hearing more about this Private Client Fee Earner opportunity, or wish to apply to it, then please contact Helen Mauborgne on 0113 467 9786 or ask to speak to another member of the Chartered Legal Executive and Paralegal division.