Vacancies

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated HR Co-ordinator to join our team in Glasgow although Edinburgh could be considered.

Your role will support our HR Manager in delivering a seamless service to Partners and employees. You will play a key role in supporting the HR Manager to help the business in achieving its ambitions for growth and supporting the development of our people by delivering core HR services. You'll provide expert guidance on employee relations, oversee several HR processes, and ensure compliance with employment law. You will be able to build and maintain strong working relationships with all levels of Partners and Employees. You will have exceptional communication skills both verbal and written.

Key responsibilities include:
• Recruitment & Onboarding: liaising with agencies; drafting job descriptions and adverts; and participating in short listing and interviewing candidates, carrying out new joiners’ inductions
• Graduate Recruitment: attending law fairs; reviewing traineeship applications; reviewing summer student placement applications; and supporting the co-ordination of the traineeship programme.
• Trainee Solicitor Support: supporting the needs of trainees throughout their employment including carrying out quarterly reviews, supporting and managing any issues raised by the trainees during their traineeship and supporting the coordination of the trainee seat moves.
• Peat 2 Training: liaising with supervisors and PEAT 2 co-ordinators, organising training, drafting relevant documentation required for training and submitting quarterly reports to the Law Society of Scotland
• HR Policy and Procedures: with the support of the Senior HR Advisor, complete research, draft, review and update HR policies and procedures. Proactively support the implementation of policies and HR procedures.
• Reward: co-ordinating the review and development of our rewards and benefits packages; supporting the coordination of reporting requirements for salary reviews
• Benefits: coordinating employee benefits information and liaising with finance on benefits queries.
• Performance Reviews: assisting with the co-ordination of our annual performance review process and providing advice and guidance on the monthly one-to-one process and formal performance reviews.
• Employee Relations: including managing flexible working application process; and monitoring absence.
• Manage sickness absence in collaboration with managers, proactively supporting line managers to manage absence both informally and formally, assisting staff back to work and working with managers to reduce sickness absence across the organisation.
• Payroll: assist with monthly payroll including, updating spreadsheets, checking figures and running relevant reports.
• Committees – attend committees as HR representative, producing reports, coordinating activities including organising events.
• HR projects: assist with and/ or co-ordinate key HR projects
• Maintain accurate and up to date records and reports and provide written and verbal reports as required.
• Work in accordance with all relevant legislation, policies & procedures and guidelines – both internal and external.
• Support the wider HR Team in implementing and embedding new strategies and initiatives across the organisation.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Be able to build rapport and communicate positively and effectively with all levels of employees and partners
• Be self-motivated and self-driven
• Be good at influencing people and look for constructive and positive solutions
• Have excellent IT, Excel and data analysis skills and confident in utilising information to support business priorities
• Have excellent attention to detail
• Proactive with a positive ‘can do’ approach
• Previous experience at HR Co-ordinator level is desirable within a professional services environment
• Hold a relevant HR qualification

WJM offers the opportunity of a great career in a client focused environment. We also offer competitive salary and benefit packages depending on the experience you will bring to the Firm. If you are interested in this great opportunity, please send your CV to recruitment@wjm.co.uk.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Front of House Assistant to join our Support Services Department in Glasgow. The role will be diverse and will include the following responsibilities:

Main Duties:

· General Despatch Duties to include making deliveries and collections
· Opening, sorting and distributing of all post including internal mail
· Collection of post at set times during the course of the day
· Messenger duties
· Copying and scanning of documents
· General Switchboard and Reception Duties
· Booking and coordination of meeting rooms
· General Archivist Duties (Files, Wills, POA & Titles, liaising with Iron Mountain)
· To carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by manager
• Travel to Edinburgh may also be required to assist with Holiday & Sickness Cover but this would be agreed in advance.

Any other WJM project duties which may from time to time be reasonably requested by manager.

Experience:

The successful candidate will have experience of working in an office environment, preferably a law firm, as part of a service team. They will be detailed and precise in their approach to completing tasks and must be able to prioritise and juggle a number of tasks at a time. PC skills, ability to access PC based information, intranet, internet and external contractor’s database also required.

If you have the skills and experience described above and are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV to HR at recruitment@wjm.co.uk quoting reference FOH 01/26.

Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP is committed to providing equality of opportunity in employment and to developing working practices and policies that support work-life balance.

We are seeking an experienced Executry Paralegal to join our Private Client team in Glasgow. Our team offers a range of services including tax advice, wealth planning, wills & executry and residential conveyancing.

Your role will include administering executry estates and trusts, drafting confirmation and IHT forms, executry accounts and general financial administration to include power pf attorney and guardianship administration. You will be able to develop client relationships and will have responsibility for your own caseload in conjunction with the partners and senior solicitors in the team. As well as having relevant experience as an executry paralegal you must be committed to providing an excellent level of service to clients, show initiative, have a positive attitude and be proactive.

This role offers the opportunity to advance your career, develop your skills, and to work with a great team in a friendly, supportive and client focused environment.

WJM offers a competitive salary and benefit packages depending on the experience you will bring to the Firm. The role is primarily office-based, with flexibility to work from home one day per week.

If you have the skills and experiences described above and are interested in this great opportunity, please apply via the link below.

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Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP is committed to providing equality of opportunity in employment and to developing working practices and policies that support work-life balance.

We are recruiting a number of Scottish-qualified fee earners across our offices (office location is flexible) to support the growing Private Client team.

WJM have recently been awarded Private Client Team of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards, marking a significant achievement for the team and individuals within the team are also ranked in both Chambers and Legal500. We are a STEP Platinum Employer Partner.

Our Private Client team offers a comprehensive range of services including wills & executry and powers of attorney, adults with incapacity, residential conveyancing, tax advice, wealth planning and advice on succession for business, farming and crofting clients.

The Roles / Candidates

The roles will involve managing a portfolio of high net-worth clients in each of the services we offer as well as working independently or with the partners on complex cases.

The successful candidates will be comfortable with managing a variety of work and who is interested in helping our clients to achieve their aims for themselves, their families and their businesses. They must be comfortable meeting new people, networking and supporting business development and be adaptable to our unique approach to client centricity, which truly puts the client at the heart of our business.

It is expected that the candidates will have experience in dealing with tax and trusts above a basic knowledge to be able to manage their own workload, assist the partners and to support and train more junior members of the Team. This will include being STEP qualified (or on the way to full qualification) or being ATT or CTA qualified (or on the way to full qualification). We are keen to support people in additional qualifications from STEP and membership.

If you have the experience and attributes described, are commercially and client focused, can provide excellent technical service and deliver on time this is a great opportunity to become a key part of our team. The roles offer an excellent opportunity to advance your career, develop your skills in these areas, and to work with a great team in a friendly, supportive and client focused environment.

You will also be expected to participate fully in the business development activities of the team and the firm and will be required to show a grasp of the financial disciplines required of solicitor at your level.

We would like to hear from you if you want the opportunity to work closely with our clients, gain good client communication skills and develop your technical skills that will be invaluable to your career.

We look for candidates who are committed to providing an excellent level of client service, show initiative and have a positive attitude.

Whilst all our team members are expected to work hard, we recognise the social value to work and the importance of a good work-life balance.

We are happy to discuss the roles and office locations. We are committed not just to hiring the best but to retaining them and offer long-term incentives to support that commitment, including private healthcare package, hybrid and flexible working options and in-house CPD training to support your professional development. We also offer a positive working environment with frequent company socials and an opportunity to be part of our cross-office practice and sector teams.

If you are interested in this great opportunity, please send your CV to the HR department at recruitment@wjm.co.uk quoting reference PCALL 02/25

Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP is committed to providing equality of opportunity in employment and to developing working practices and policies that support work-life balance.

We are seeking an NQ solicitor to join our Private Client team in Inverness. Our team led by Rod MacLean offers a range of services covering wills, trusts & executry, estate and succession planning adults with incapacity and other related matters.

The role will involve managing a portfolio of clients in areas such as wills, trusts, executries, powers of attorney and guardianships. The work will include drafting detailed accounts and IHT and Confirmation forms, preparing information for annual income tax and CGT returns and all necessary compliance aspects for each work type. As a fee-earner you will be responsible for monitoring cash flow and funds held, paying bills for the clients and liaising with investment managers (internal and external).

The successful candidate will be someone who is comfortable with managing a variety of work and who is interested in helping our clients to achieve their aims for themselves, their families and their businesses. They must be comfortable meeting new people, networking and supporting business development and be adaptable to our unique approach to client centricity which truly puts the client at the heart of our business.

If you have the experience and attributes described, are commercially and client focused, can provide excellent technical service and deliver on time this is a great opportunity to become a key part of our team.

You will also be expected to participate fully in the business development activities of the team and the firm, and will be required to show a grasp of the financial disciplines required of solicitor at your level.

This role offers the opportunity to advance your career, develop your skills, and to work with a great team in a friendly, supportive and client focused environment. We are keen to support people in working towards STEP qualification and membership, as WJM is a Platinum Employer Partner.

If you are interested in this great opportunity please send your CV please send your CV to recruitment@wjm.co.uk quoting reference PCI02/25.

We are seeking an Associate to join our Private Client team in Edinburgh. Our team offers a range of services including executry administration, succession planning, tax advice, and trust work.

The role will involve managing a portfolio of clients in areas such as trusts, high-net-worth or cross-border executries, all areas of tax planning and planning for family business clients. In particular, we would be looking for the candidate to support our partner, Sarah-Jane Macdonald with contentious private client work and complex trust matters. This would include challenges to wills, beneficiary disagreements, and legal rights claims (often with partnership or company disputes) as well as an array of trust problems.

It is expected that the candidate will have experience in dealing with tax and trusts above a basic knowledge to be able to manage their own workload, assist the partners and to support and train more junior members of the team. This will include being STEP qualified (or on the way to full qualification) or being ATT or CTA qualified (or on the way to full qualification). We are keen to support people in additional qualifications from STEP and membership, as WJM is a Platinum Employer Partner.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to advance your career, develop your skills in these areas, and to work with a great team in a friendly, supportive and client focused environment.

The successful candidate will be someone who is comfortable with managing a variety of work and who is interested in helping our clients to achieve their aims for themselves, their families and their businesses. They must be comfortable meeting new people, networking and supporting business development and be adaptable to our unique approach to client centricity which truly puts the client at the heart of our business.

If you have the experience and attributes described, are commercially and client focused, can provide excellent technical service and deliver on time this is a great opportunity to become a key part of our growing team.

You will also be expected to participate fully in the business development activities of the team and the firm, and will be required to show a grasp of the financial disciplines required of solicitor at your level.

If you have the skills and experience described above and are interested in this opportunity, please apply without delay. Please send your CV to the HR department at recruitment@wjm.co.uk quoting reference PCE01/24.

We are seeking a solicitor to join our Private Client conveyancing team in Inverness. Our team led by James and Jonathan Wotherspoon offers a range of services covering residential and rural conveyancing as well as other private client work including wills & executries and related matters.

The role will have a particular focus on conveyancing including residential transactions, rural conveyancing, landed estates and crofting law, but may also cover some more general private client work including wills and powers of attorney. This is an excellent opportunity to develop expertise in a valuable area of practice for the firm.

The successful candidate will be someone who is comfortable with managing a variety of work and who is interested in helping our clients to achieve their aims for themselves, their families and their businesses. They must be comfortable meeting new people, networking and supporting business development and be adaptable to our unique approach to client centricity which truly puts the client at the heart of our business. Ideally the successful candidate will have had seats in both the commercial property and private client groups during their traineeship.

If you have the experience and attributes described, are commercially and client focused, can provide excellent technical service and deliver on time this is a great opportunity to become a key part of our team.

You will also be expected to participate in the business development activities of the team and the firm, and will be required to show a grasp of the financial disciplines required of solicitor at your level.

This role offers the opportunity to advance your career, develop your skills, and to work with a great team in a friendly, supportive and client focused environment.

If you are interested in this great opportunity please send your CV to to Kirstin Lennox at recruitment@wjm.co.uk  quoting reference PC/PI24