Head of Family Law

Head of Family Law

Location: Sale, Greater Manchester (with some travel to other local offices)

Salary: £80,000 to £110,000 (depending on experience)

Experience: Senior Family Solicitor (significant PQE) with leadership experience

Our client, a well-established full-service law firm, is looking to appoint a Head of Family to lead, grow and strategically develop its Family Department.

This is a senior leadership role with the opportunity to shape the direction of a high-performing team. The role will require presence across multiple offices in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, with agile working available.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing leadership and technical oversight across the full range of family matters, including divorce, financial remedy, private children work, domestic abuse and complex high-net-worth cases
• Managing a complex caseload while setting the standard for client care, communication and quality of advice
• Leading, inspiring and developing the team, creating a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement
• Setting and delivering the department strategy, including growth, profitability and market presence
• Driving performance and matter management across the team, including financial performance against the department plan
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, referrers and external partners
• Leading business development and profile-raising activity, including networking and events
• Keeping up to date with legal, regulatory and market developments and using insights to improve service delivery and risk management
• Improving processes, workflows and internal resources (including precedents, templates and case management tools)

What We're Looking For

• Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) with extensive experience in Family law
• Proven leadership experience, with a track record of managing and developing high-performing teams
• Strong client-care skills and the ability to support clients through emotionally challenging situations with empathy and professionalism
• Commercial awareness and the ability to shape and deliver a strategy for department growth
• Confident communicator with strong drafting skills and presence with clients, colleagues and external stakeholders

What's On Offer

• 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Birthday holiday (paid day off)
• Additional annual leave for service milestones (3, 5 and 10 years)
• Competitive pension scheme
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Hybrid working
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Flexible benefits portal (including options to buy and sell annual leave and access to additional benefits)

Location & Working Arrangements

• Sale, Greater Manchester with some travel to other local offices.
• Hybrid working available
• Full-time preferred