Job Description

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

Next Steps

Apply online or send your CV to  lee.hawthorne-finch@h-fts.com  or call 0333 996 2882 for more information.

All applications will be handled in strict confidence.