Welcome to our careers page
This is where we post the most current career opportunities we have on offer. These opportunities will be based in one of our three offices, located in Shirley, Sheldon or Birmingham City Centre.
Benefits Sydney Mitchell can offer you:
- Working for an extremely well established legal firm - in operation for over 260+ years
- Group Stakeholder Pension Scheme with Scottish Widows. Access to a tax efficient salary sacrifice option
- Healthcare plan - Financial assistance towards a range of healthcare including optical, dental and counselling
- 25 days holiday (2 to be taken at Christmas/New Year) plus public holidays
- Flexible holiday purchase / sale scheme
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CURRENT JOB VACANCIES
We are looking to recruit Senior Lawyers to join busy teams at our Shirley and Birmingham City Centre Offices.
Sydney Mitchell offers a friendly and flexible environment where lawyers can develop their client base and skill set in an organisation that fosters a team approach with a high level of support. As BLS Law Firm of the Year 6 out of the last 12 years we work hard to make the firm a success and look after our most valuable asset – our staff.
Our support teams provide all of the back-up you will be getting at a larger firm with strong accounts, marketing, HR, IT and compliance staff. You will be supported with your training and have access to up to date relevant online services and modern IT systems.
Our ethos is to provide great client service at all times. Many of our clients are very longstanding and much of our work comes from existing clients and recommendations. We have a strong network of professional contacts that regularly send us work.
You might be someone who has many more years’ experience who is ready to trade the daily commute for somewhere more local and long working hours to something more manageable. Maybe you are fed up with the demands of being a partner or supervisor and would prefer to go back to being client facing? We welcome partners from other firms who want to get back to being lawyers first and foremost and we also offer a defined progression route to partnership for those with ambitions.
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RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY PARALEGAL (Polish Speaking preferable but not essential)
We are looking for an experienced Paralegal to join our busy Residential Property team, in Shirley, on a permanent basis. Preferably a bilingual, Polish/English speaking candidate who has a passion for Residential Conveyancing.
(Language skills would be beneficial due to the need for regular translation of documents and interpreting from English to Polish)
Responsibilities:
- Provide administrative support to lawyer and enhance office effectiveness.
- Handle communication with clients, brokers, estate agents.
- Issue draft contract.
- Submit AP1 Making applications to facilitate the registration of legal Title at the Land Registry.
- Deal with requisitions.
- Type up and file basic legal documents and correspondence.
- Draft bills and completion statements
- Deal with sale enquiries.
- To progress cases on a timely and effective basis in accordance with professional standards, internal procedures, key dates.
- Updating the case management system/client systems as appropriate to ensure compliance.
- Preparing files and closing and archiving.
- Undertaking training as appropriate. This may include (but is not limited to) firm training, regulatory training, and developmental training (if appropriate).
- Identify suitable opportunities to cross-sell the Firm’s services.
- Answer and direct phone calls.
- Maintain contact lists.
- Monitor completions.
- To assist Conveyancers in the management of their caseload by undertaking legal procedures as supervised by the Conveyancer.
- To assist Conveyancers with file related queries, either by telephone or face-to-face, ensuring client service levels and client standards are always adhered to.
- To ensure that clients are dealt with efficiently and politely and that appropriate legal matters are raised with the Conveyancer.
- To attend to clients, taking instructions, and conducting letter and telephone enquiries as necessary.
- To progress cases on a timely and effective basis in accordance with professional standards, internal procedures, key dates, and milestones.
The ideal candidate will be.
- Passionate about people and the Residential Property sector
- Have the ability to speak and write or translate in Polish and English is preferable but not essential.
- An ambitious, motivated individual paralegal looking for a long-term career development.
- You will have excellent organisational skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise your work accordingly.
- Attention to detail and numeracy skills.
- Good interpersonal skills and confidence in liaising with others
- You will have gained experience within a similar setting supporting fee earners within a busy Residential Property Team.
Job title: Residential Conveyancing Paralegal
Hours: 9:00am to 5:30pm Monday – Thursday Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm with 1 hour for lunch (37 hrs) Location: Shirley
In the first instance please contact Annmarie Edmonds by email - a.edmonds@sydneymitchell.co.uk
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PART TIME - LEGAL SECRETARY
We are currently recruiting a part time legal secretary for our conveyancing department at our Sheldon office. You will have a ‘can-do’ attitude and approach with excellent organisational and communication skills, and demonstrable attention to detail. You will work alongside fee-earners and should have an excellent telephone manner.
Duties will include, but won't be limited to:
- General administration to include scanning, filing, typing, handling telephone enquiries/requests and archiving
- Opening new files, ID collection and verification and collection of monies on account
- Support fee earners with file opening and closing process
- Typing documents as dictated by our fee earners. (Audio Typing skills essential)
- Document production, amending and creating documents from our standard templates in line with our standards
About you
- Excellent attention to detail and high degree of accuracy is imperative
- Flexible approach to work
- Positive attitude
- Great client service skills
- It is imperative that you are able to work as part of a team
- Experience of using SOS Connect would be useful but not essential
- Accurate typing skills
In the first instance please contact Annmarie Edmonds by email a.edmonds@sydneymitchell.co.uk
Hours: 9:00am to 5:30pm Wednesday, Thursday 1 hour for lunch Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm (22 hrs)
Location: Sheldon
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MARKETING MANAGER
Sydney Mitchell LLP is a reputable Legal 500 firm based in the West Midlands. We are seeking a motivated Marketing Manager to join us based at our Shirley offices.
The work you do will involve:
- Responsible for managing the delivery of all marketing activity
- Execute events, marketing communications and our online presence across various digital platforms and social media including pay per click
- Challenge traditional marketing techniques and embrace technology
- Creating a budget and monitoring process to track monthly spend, highlighting potential under/overspend
- Data collation, reporting and analytics, providing insight where appropriate
- Legal 500 Submissions
- Website Management
- Review Solicitors
The Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, or a related field would be preferred
- Experience in a similar role, ideally within a law firm or a professional services background
- A proven track record of delivering, or supporting the delivery of marketing plans, campaigns, and initiatives
- Experience of organising events
- Demonstrate analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Self-motivation with a track record of providing excellent client service
Hours: 9:00am to 5:30pm Monday – Thursday - Fridays 9:00am to 5:00pm 1 hour for lunch (37 hrs)
In the first instance please contact Annmarie Edmonds by email a.edmonds@sydneymitchell.co.uk
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Students often write to us with a CV in the hope of securing work experience to support their studies or as part of their career choice at school. We are grateful for this interest and note each one. As a firm we have resolved to ensure that we offer the best training options and therefore only have a limited number of placements available.
Currently we do not have any work experience opportunities available throughout 2024/25.
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