Senior Probate Case Manager

As our Company continues to grow, we are expanding our Probate Team with individuals who are customer-focused and proactive. You're likely to be a Probate Solicitor/Legal Executive or an experienced Paralegal who excels in achieving the best results for clients and wants to be the driving force behind our company - when it centres around probate. This is a fantastic opportunity.

Be part of a growing team

The successful candidate will be instrumental in the development of the Department and manage their own caseload.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain client relationships
• Review and approve estate accounts
• Draft, collate and summarise any supporting legal and financial documentation
• Conduct research where necessary on relevant laws, regulations and legal articles, to ensure the accuracy of advice and the procedure
• Manage an independent caseload
• Work collaboratively as part of a team, assisting and providing mentorship to paralegals
• Correspond with solicitors, courts, LR, OPG and other 3^rd-party companies, as appropriate to each case
• Deal with routine and difficult enquiries effectively and efficiently; and ensure that any client complaints are dealt with both professionally and promptly.

Skills and Attributes:

• Probate Fee Earner with at least 5 years’ PQE in probate and estate administration, should be confident in handling all aspects of associated transactions
• Minimum of 5+ years of running a probate caseload
• Can utilise and maintain a case management system
• Ability to be confident working independently and efficiently, as you will be dealing with high-value and quite complex cases
• Conveyancing experience, sales of properties, management of a client's estate
• Confident drafting legal documents, statements and decision-making
• Can understand and adopt the Company’s values and behaviours.

Benefits:

• Flexible approach to remote-working
• Competitive salary
• 28 days holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Development opportunities within a growing, innovative legal company
• Pension scheme
• Bonus scheme.

Honey Legal is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious practice or any other perceived differences.