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 CONVEYANCER
Based at our offices in Shirley, we are looking for a full time Residential Conveyancer You will be managing a high volume caseload of residential property sales. You will need to communicate professionally and effectively with clients, 3rd parties, customers and colleagues by phone and in writing, within tight deadlines.
We are looking for…
Qualified Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer
We are looking for someone who is between 2 – 3 Years PQE and has experience of managing your own caseload of conveyancing transactions from instruction to post completion
- A team player who is also independent
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-motivated with a positive outlook
- Enthusiastic and committed
- Approachable, well presented and professional
- A client following is preferred but not essential
What we can offer you…
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Death in Service
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Option to buy and sell holidays.
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
- Health Shields Policy (after completion of Probation Period)
In the first instance please send your CV to Annmarie Edmonds. a.edmonds@sydneymitchell.co.uk
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CONTENTIOUS PROBATE SOLICITOR
Hours: 9:00am to 5:30pm Monday – Thursday. Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm 1 hour for lunch (37 hrs)
Location: Birmingham City Office / Shirley Office
We are currently recruiting a Contentious Probate Solicitor
The ideal candidate
- A Contentious Probate Solicitor with 10+ years’ PQE
- Have excellent client care and interpersonal skills
- May have contacts in the local market and some following of work
- A confident communicator who is comfortable undertaking business development activity/networking
- Ideally, you will be ACTAPS qualified but this is not essential
The company & role
- A Legal 500 firm with a longstanding commitment to personal legal services and a market leader in a number of private client-facing practice areas
- You will join a contentious probate team with a supportive friendly culture
- Working alongside leading solicitors, you’ll handle a mixed caseload of high-quality matters including disputes between beneficiaries and executors or trustees regarding the performance of their duties and the administration of estates of trusts
- You will also be expected to supervise more junior members of the team
- Be involved in business development, networking and helping to grow the team.
In the first instance please send your CV to Annmarie Edmonds a.edmonds@sydneymitchell.co.uk
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SUPPORT STAFF
RECEPTIONIST PART TIME - 3 Days a week
We are looking for a versatile legal receptionist to join the team based at our Shirley Offices.
Your role will include welcoming clients and visitors upon arrival at reception as well as answering, screening, and forwarding phone calls in a professional manner.
You will be practical, professional, and capable of answering a high volume of external and internal calls in an efficient and polite manner.
This role is part time 9.00am- 5.30pm Tuesday & Thursday and 9.00am-5.00pm Friday. You may be required to work additional days to cover annual leave for the reception team.
You should be able to commute to our Sheldon office as our receptionists are required to occasionally provide cover from time to time.
In the first instance please contact Annmarie Edmonds a.edmonds@sydney mitchell.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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