Associate / Senior Associate - Serious Injury

Irwin Mitchell, Newtown, Cambridge

Associate / Senior Associate - Serious Injury

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Irwin Mitchell, Newtown, Cambridge

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 day ago, 7 Jan | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: fead39b49c1c4dbb87b6bc0b9623de67

Full Job Description

You will be responsible for enhancing the team's profile in and generating growth from the East Anglia market. You'll work closely with clients providing them with exceptional legal advice to achieve the best possible resolution for them. You'll be a key member of the Serious Injury team and regularly contribute to area meetings, ensuring your team objectives are being met. As an experienced solicitor within Serious Injury, you'll have the opportunity to train and mentor others in your team, and we'll provide you with the support and direction to help you do this.

We're looking for an Associate / Senior Associate, who has demonstratable strengths in business development, relationship building, networking and work generation within serious injury. Our ideal candidate will have the following :

  • A qualfied Solicitor with a current Practising Certificate
  • Ambition, energy and enthusiasm for serious injury litigation
  • Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances
  • An aptitude for business development and a passion for growing strong client and referrer relationships
  • An established reputation within the East Anglia markets for example recognition by APIL, Legal 500 or Chambers
  • Experience within multi-track Serious Injury claims, ideally with experience in head / spinal cord and / or amputation injuries

    25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
  • Generous and flexible pension schemes.
  • Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
  • 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.