Vacancy

Wills and Probate Fee Earner

Ripley, Derbyshire

Competitive salary commensurate with experience

This is a wonderful opportunity to join our Wills and Probate / Private Client team in Ripley.

Working on a range of private client work including wills, LPAs, probate and Court of Protection applications, you will be responsible for providing professional legal advice and support to clients. This will include undertaking client meetings, drafting, updating and producing wills and LPAs, inspecting properties and undertaking research.

5-10 years PQE in private client and professional will and LPA writing experience is essential. You must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be able to work quickly and accurately and have high level IT skills. The ability to work to deadlines, meet targets, manage your own workload and have a caring and empathetic approach is also essential.

In return we offer a range of benefits including a health cash plan scheme, wellbeing support, 24/7 advice and information line, a range of learning and development opportunities, generous annual leave plus Christmas closure, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, selling annual leave scheme, bonus exchange scheme, a supportive work environment and the opportunity to join a company that cares.

We are a multi-disciplinary high street legal practice serving clients in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire for over 130 years and our mission is to establish lifelong relationships with all our clients by anticipating and responding to their needs for quality legal services.

Download the Will & Probate Fee Earner Job Description here...

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Grace Steele, Director and Head of Department on grace.steele@ellis-fermor.co.uk or Luke Smyth, Head of Cluster at Ripley on luke.smyth@ellis-fermor.co.uk.

For more information about the role and about Ellis-Fermor and Negus Solicitors please visit https://www.ellis-fermor.co.uk/contact-us/careers/

Closing date – Open

To apply please send your CV and covering letter to applications@ellis-fermor.co.uk.