Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK)
Principal Lawyer (Team Leader)
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We are currently recruiting a Principal Lawyer to join our hugely successful Clinical Negligence team in Cardiff.
This is a team leader position.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate to continue to grow our thriving Clinical Negligence team. The team is ranked in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners and has an established reputation in the field. The successful candidate will have responsibility for complex and high value clinical negligence cases, while managing, supervising and supporting a team of junior lawyers.
We’re looking for those who have experience in and a desire to manage a team, whilst working on varied and interesting casework with emphasis on highest quantum levels. There will be the opportunity to work with a highly regarded and supportive peer group, which includes our specialist clinical support team. The role also requires the successful candidate to be actively involved in networking and business development including establishing and maintaining charity relationships.
This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about the work they do, the service they provide and getting the best results for their clients, whilst working alongside award-winning lawyers.
What We Offer In Return
We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
- Option to buy or sell up to 5 extra days of leave
- Employee referral bonus scheme
- Annual bonus scheme (discretionary)
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Health & Wellbeing
- Access to Aviva Digicare+ (health checks, Digital GP, mental health support, second medical opinions, and more)
- BUPA private healthcare after 1 year (single cover, tax applies)
- Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling and wellbeing webinars)
- Health & wellbeing perks including gym discounts, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions, and more
- Dental insurance
Financial & Protection
- Life assurance cover
- Income protection if you’re unable to work long-term due to illness or injury
- Workplace pension (5% employer contribution after probation)
Extras
- Access to a Benefits Hub with discounts on shopping, travel, food, and entertainment
- Free legal support and discounted legal services
Important to know
Some benefits are dependent on passing probation or length of service, and may change over time.
Your Professional Development
We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.
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Our Values
Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.
How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
- We do what we say we will
- We don’t wait we create
- We own it, we sort it
- We respect and encourage each other
- We make time to live
The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.
For further information, please contact SL.Baylis@slatergordon.uk
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The Company
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
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