Care/ Family Paralegal (Hounslow)

Overall Purpose of the Role

We are looking for an inspirational leader who can shape the future of our Family Department, strengthen our market presence and build a thriving team of family law professionals.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing the regional growth strategy, recruiting and mentoring talented lawyers, and ensuring the delivery of exceptional legal services to clients.

This role would suit an established Family Law Partner, Head of Department, Regional Director or Senior Family Solicitor seeking a strategic leadership position with genuine autonomy and influence.

Immediate superiors

Managing Director

Immediate subordinates

Family Team

Principal accountabilities

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, manage and develop the Family Law team across the region.
• Recruit, retain and mentor high-performing legal professionals.
• Create a positive, inclusive and high-performance culture.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, coaching and development planning.
• Support succession planning and talent development within the department.
• Drive employee engagement, accountability and professional excellence.

Business Growth & Strategy

• Develop and implement the regional Family Law growth strategy.
• Identify opportunities for expansion into new markets and locations.
• Build and enhance the firm’s reputation within the family law sector.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key referrers and professional networks.
• Drive business development initiatives and revenue growth.
• Work closely with senior leadership to achieve strategic objectives and financial targets.

Legal Practice & Client Service

• Maintain a caseload of complex and high-value family law matters.
• Advise privately funded clients on:
  • Divorce and separation.
  • Financial remedy proceedings.
  • High-net-worth financial disputes.
  • Cohabitation matters.
  • Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.
  • Private children matters.
• Ensure the highest standards of client care and legal service delivery.
• Manage risk and ensure regulatory compliance across the department.

Operational Management

• Monitor departmental performance, utilisation and profitability.
• Manage budgets and contribute to financial forecasting.
• Ensure effective resource allocation and workload management.
• Drive operational efficiencies and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with other departments to maximise cross-referral opportunities.

Job challenges

The need to be

• Be self-motivated
• Be able to work to targets and deadlines
• Having the ability to work with others- internal and external
• Able to operate under own initiative

Required Skills and Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with significant Family Law experience.
• Minimum 10+ years’ PQE in Family Law.
• Proven track record of managing and developing successful legal teams.
• Demonstrable experience in people management, coaching and mentoring.
• Strong experience handling privately funded family law matters.
• Excellent technical expertise in divorce and financial remedy work.
• Strong commercial awareness and business development capability.
• Experience delivering growth and achieving financial targets.
• Outstanding communication, leadership and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to inspire, motivate and develop others.

Desirable

• Previous experience as a Partner, Head of Department, Regional Director or equivalent leadership role.
• Membership of Resolution and/or Family Law Accreditation.
• Established referrer and professional network.
• Experience managing multi-site or regional teams.
• Proven experience leading departmental growth and recruitment initiatives.

Company Information

Cartwright King Solicitors is a well-established and dynamic law firm serving clients across Greater Manchester, London and beyond. We provide accessible, high-quality legal services to both private and legally aided clients across a broad range of practice areas.

As a highly skilled team of solicitors, we specialise in different fields of law, including family law, personal injury and conveyancing.

Exemplary customer service coupled with legal expertise is at the core of everything that we do. Our aim is to provide an efficient and prompt service for clients through recruitment of employees who are both approachable and respectful of their client’s needs.

A strong network of support staff departments, Human Resources, Finance and an in-house Marketing team, work closely with our fee-earning teams to ensure the business is able to develop and grow.

At Cartwright King we encourage all our staff to further their personal training and development.

Apply now

You can apply for this position by sending your CV and covering letter to sue.morris@cartwrightking.co.uk

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities.