Careers with Sydney Mitchell

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.

LEGAL SECRETARY

We are currently recruiting a part time legal secretary for our Conveyancing team at our Sheldon office. We are looking for someone with 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.

Hours: 9:00am to 5:30pm Monday & Tuesday with 1 hour for lunch with one other day which can be flexible

Duties will include, but won't be limited to:

• General administration to include scanning, filing, audio typing, handling telephone enquiries/requests and archiving.,
• Support fee earners money laundering and file closing process.
• Typing documents as dictated by our fee earners. (Audio Typing skills essential)
• Document production, amending and creating documents from our  templates in line with our standards.

About you

• Excellent attention to detail and high degree of accuracy is imperative.
• You must have prior experience as a conveyancing secretary
• 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

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

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

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.