Careers with Fishers

Thank you for visiting our careers page.  Below you will find our current vacancies but we are always seeking talented and motivated individuals to join our successful teams.  We offer competitive salaries and benefits package, as well as encourage learning and career development in a friendly working environment. 

Working for Fishers Solicitors is like joining a new work family. As well as being dynamic, innovative and forward thinking, our staff are sociable but have the desire to provide exceptional client care which is at the heart of what they do.

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We currently have three exciting vacancies based at our Office in Ashby de la Zouch

Legal Administration Assistant-Full Time (Fixed Term Contract- Summer Placement)

We are now recruiting for a Legal Administration Assistant (Fixed Term Contract) to join our Wills & Probate department, based in Ashby de la Zouch. This role is working on a short Fixed Term Contract over the summer and would therefore be ideal for someone looking to gain some experience working in a Law firm. The ideal candidate would be available to start immediately,

Main duties will include:

• Opening and closing files.
• Dealing with queries both over the telephone and face to face.
• Making appointments with clients over the telephone or face to face.
• Obtaining copies of Wills and deeds we hold in readiness for the appointment.
• Filing, scanning and photocopying.
• Archiving
• Completing the Will database.
• Putting away Wills and deeds in the firm’s safe and updating the case management system accordingly.
• Making banking deposits
• Ad-hoc duties and reporting

To be successful in this role, candidates will possess:

• Previous experience of office based administration
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• A professional and polite telephone manner
• Excellent customer service skills
• The ability to work as part of a team as well as using their own initiative
• A can do attitude
• Strong organisational skills with great attention to detail
• Enthusiastic to learn the fundamentals of working within a law firm.

This is a full time position working Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00 with 1 hour lunch break.

A competitive salary is on offer for this position, together with benefits including 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays, employee discounts portal, employee assistance programme and Social & Charity committee.

Please apply by sending us a copy of your CV to laura.chadwick@fisherslaw.co,uk.

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 6th August 2019, 12pm.

Wills & Probate Solicitor

Full Time/Part Time

We are currently recruiting for a Wills & Probate fee earner to join our expanding Wills & Probate department based in Ashby de la Zouch.

The main duties and responsibilities of the role will include:

• Handling a varied caseload of Wills, lasting powers of attorney, the setting up and administration of trusts, Court of Protection and the administration of estates (both with and without a Will), and variation of Wills.
• Ensuring that all client work is progressed in a timely manner and that the client is kept informed throughout, delivering exceptional customer service.
• Complying with all file and case management quality standards in accordance with the Law Society requirements.
• Time recording for all client matters on the case management system.
• Maintaining confidentiality of all client documentation and information at all times.
• Assisting the Head of Department with any other relevant duties as and when required and working together to promote the department as a whole.
• Building upon the firm’s reputation to attract key clients.
• Networking with other professionals and contacts, both individually and as part of a team.

The successful candidate will possess the following skills and experience:

Essential:

• Ideally 4+ years PQE with experience of working within a Wills & Probate department. (This is a guide and candidates with more or less experience may also be considered along with chartered Legal Executive status).
• Ability to handle own varied caseload of Wills and probate matters on own initiative and without supervision.
• Confident in handling cases from initial instruction through to completion.
• Target driven
• Exceptional client care skills
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise
• High level of attention to detail
• Can do attitude
• Ability to work well as part of a team as well as independently
• Sound communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Experience of working with Case Management systems.

Desirable:

• Previous business development and networking experience

We are ideally seeking applications from candidates on a full time basis, although part time hours will also be considered.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits offered with this position including 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, car parking on site, an auto enrolment pension scheme, life assurance, an employee discounts portal, social & charity committee, employee of the quarter scheme, and long service awards.

Please apply by sending a copy of your CV to laura.chadwick@fisherslaw.co.uk, including a covering letter stating your salary expectations.

Company Commercial Solicitor

We are currently looking to appoint a Senior Company Commercial Solicitor to join our team on a full time basis. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for running their own caseload of Company/Commercial files as well as getting involved in business development and networking opportunities.

Main duties will include:

• Dealing with Mergers and Acquisitions
• Providing Company advice
• Providing Partnership advice
• Registration of Companies
• Advising on commercial contracts
• Drafting a variety of commercial documents such as articles of association, shareholders agreements, partnership agreements, sale/purchase agreements etc.
• Building upon the firm’s reputation to attract key clients
• Networking with other professionals and contacts, both individually as well as part of a team.

Required Skills & Experience:

Essential:

• A Corporate/Commercial Solicitor with ideally 10+ years PQE (this is a guide and candidates with more or less experience may also be considered)
• Confident in handling own caseload of wide ranging company commercial transactions
• Excellent knowledge of the Companies Act 2006
• Working knowledge of the Partnership Act 1890
• Working knowledge of Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000
• Working knowledge of Companies House procedures/requirements
• Sound skills and experience in drafting various Commercial documents
• Experience of handling mergers and acquisitions
• Unrestricted Practicing Certificate
• Exceptional client care skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise
• High level of attention to detail
• Ability to work well as part of a team as well as independently
• Can do attitude
• Experience of working with Case Management systems

Desirable:

• Experienced in networking and business development as well as managing/developing existing relationships
• Experience of building own caseload

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to progress their career as a Company Commercial Solicitor. We offer a competitive salary and benefits including 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, an auto enrolment pension scheme, life assurance, an employee discounts portal, social & charity committee, long service awards and car parking on site.

Please apply by sending a copy of your CV to laura.chadwick@fisherslaw.co.uk, including a covering letter stating your salary expectations.

How we will use your information

As a prospective employee, as part of the recruitment process, Fishers Solicitors will ask you for an up to date CV and potentially a covering letter to support your application. These documents are likely to include information relating to your career history, qualifications, salary, personal details and potentially medical history if you have chosen to include that information as part of your application. This data is collected from you to enable us to make decisions regarding your suitability for the advertised role and the source of this data is you as the Data Subject.

Should you be invited to attend an interview, an assessment record will be generated which assesses your performance in the assessment process. The source of this data is both you as the Data Subject and us as the Data Controller.

For prospective employees, your personal data will be stored for a period of 6 months post application.

Should you be successful in your application, further data will be requested and you will be issued with a further privacy notice informing you how that data will be used. Should you become an employee of Fishers Solicitors, you’re CV, covering letter and interview assessment records will then be kept for a period of 6 years post employment.

If you are unsuccessful for the role which you have applied for but another suitable role becomes available during the retention period, then we may use your personal email address to contact you regarding this new opportunity.

We will only disclose information about you to third parties if we are legally obliged to do so.

If in the future we intend to process your personal data for a purpose other than that which it was collected we will provide you with information on that purpose and any other relevant information.

Your rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) you have a number of rights with regard to your personal data. You have the right to request from us access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data, the right to restrict processing, object to processing as well as in certain circumstances the right to data portability.

 If you have provided consent for the processing of your data you have the right (in certain circumstances) to withdraw that consent at any time which will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent was withdrawn.

 You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioners’ Office if you believe that we have not complied with the requirements of the GDPR or DPA 18 with regard to your personal data.

Identity and contact details of controller and person responsible for Data Protection

 Fishers Solicitors is the controller and processor of data for the purposes of the DPA18 and GDPR.

 If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed you can contact: Andy Robinson, COLP at Andrew.robinson@fisherslaw.co.uk or you can write to Andy Robinson at 4-8 Kilwardby Street, Ashby de-la-Zouch, LE65 2FU.