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  • Coaching, training and support such as study leave, to help you develop your skills and progress your career
  • Pension with up to 10% employer contributions
  • Incentive scheme up to 10% after probation
  • 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 32 in line with service)
  • Wellbeing benefits to support your physical financial and mental health
  • Discounts on Co-op products and services

Job description

Contentious Probate Solicitor
Up to £50,000 plus excellent benefits (Work level 6A)
Bristol, Almondsbury – hybrid working with 2 days a week in the office
Full time, 37.5 hours

We’re looking for a contentious probate solicitor to join our contentious probate team within Co-op Legal Services.

At Co-op Legal Services we do things differently, whether that’s continuously innovating our technology to support your delivery or our commitment to providing an exceptional client experience. In this role, you’ll manage a caseload of disputes and litigation relating to estates. We’ll also look to you to support other members of the team on larger cases as well as the opportunity to work on some property litigation matters. We’ve doubled our probate team within the past year, and as we continue to grow, we can offer you the chance to build a rewarding career with us.

What you’ll do:

•    manage a caseload of disputes and litigation relating to estates
•    accurately update cases and make sure information is always recorded correctly
•    engage with clients primarily over the phone and via email
•    support senior members of the team with larger cases
•    provide technical support to colleagues when required 
•    drive your own development with the support of the team

This role will suit people who have:

•    qualified as a solicitor, CILEX qualified, or nearing the end of your training contract 
•    some experience in contentious probate or significant experience in probate
•    great organisational skills, with the ability to manage your own workload
•    strong negotiation and communication skills
•    a client focussed approach, with the ability to put the client’s interests at the heart of what you do

Why Co-op?

Here you’ll do work that matters. We’re a commercial organisation with a purpose beyond profit, you’ll have an opportunity to help us build a stronger Co-op and stronger communities. You’ll also get a package that includes:
• an annual bonus scheme (dependent on personal and business performance)
• a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 32 in line with service)
• wellbeing benefits to support your physical financial and mental health
• coaching, training, and support such as study leave, to help you develop your skills and progress your career
• discounts on Co-op products and services

Building an inclusive work environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve. 

If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. 

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process. 

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

If you’re successful in your application, we’ll perform some background checks as part of our pre-employment screening process. These will include an SRA check, credit checks, and a DBS (disclosure and barring service) check. Please note Co-op does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.

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Your career at Co-op Legal Services

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You’ll find career opportunities here whether or not you have legal qualifications. We offer a variety of routes into legal practice, a clear career progression framework, and early career options that provide a cost effective alternative to university.

We regularly recruit for qualified and non-qualified jobs, so whether you’re an experienced lawyer or someone who’s keen to explore the possibilities of a career in the law, you can make a difference here.

Application process

At Co-op, we’re passionate about doing great work for the communities we trade in. That means having the right people, from all walks of life and backgrounds, in our team to serve them. Take a look below how to become one of us.

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CV Shortlisting If you pass the assessment your CV will be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team. If you meet the essential criteria for the role your CV will be sent through to the hiring manager to review.

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