Life at Sharpe Pritchard
A modern law firm reflecting modern lives. Whatever life looks like right now, we will support you to work in the way that you need to, ensuring that we have the best legal minds and talent for our clients
What can you expect as a valued Sharpe Pritchard colleague?
In addition to working for a national firm that is at the forefront of public law, you will experience a friendly and collegiate team atmosphere where agile working across core teams is encouraged.
Flexible working is not a dirty word. We want the very best to join the firm and we want you to stay. We recognise that everyone has different needs and responsibilities at different times in our lives and flexibility can be necessary.
We are committed to ongoing professional development through established providers such as MBL who offer a range of technical and soft skills training.
We believe the best organisations are those that listen to their employees from across the business. There are regular staff briefings to keep staff up to date on key developments within the company, supported by monthly newsletters. More importantly, we want to hear from you. We actively respond to firm-wide engagement surveys. We have an active junior board who meet regularly to help shape how we do business and membership in encouraged from across our teams. We also have an active social and CSR committee who put on social and charity events across the year.
We are always looking to grow our successful public law team. We offer the highest calibre work within a friendly and talented team of specialist solicitors together with structured career progression, competitive salaries and benefits.
We also offer meaningful flexible working arrangements and are very happy to discuss how they might work for you.
You will be a solicitor who provides clear, sensible, client-focussed advice and who has excellent communication skills, inspiring confidence in your clients. You will be able to demonstrate an active interest in marketing and business development.
If you are looking to join a firm where high profile public law is at the heart of what we do, apply with your CV and covering letter to vacancies@sharpepritchard.co.uk.
Wellbeing Leadership Group
Our Wellbeing Leadership Group, which includes team members from across the firm, are dedicated to promoting good mental health and wellbeing across the firm, regularly communicating initiatives, sharing best working practice, and raising the profile of our mental health first aiders.
We have a dedicated Equity and Diversity Forum which are dedicated to increasing internal awareness of all diversity and inclusion issues through training and events; linking with an external organisation to promote equality, diversity and inclusion and influence through building external awareness of diversity and inclusion issues.
SP Flex policy
Our hybrid working model is a flexible arrangement whereby employees can combine working from the office with working from home, according to their needs as well as the needs of the firm and clients. Employees should expect to work from the office approximately 20% of their working week. This is the equivalent of one day a week for full-time employees.
Disability Support
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means that we will make reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your best. Please click here to find out more about the types of adjustments we offer to the application and interview process. If you would like to discuss what we can do differently, please email Claire Douglas at cdouglas@sharpepritchard.co.uk
We regularly review our workplace and offices to remove physical barriers and provide accessibility to applicants of all abilities. Please click here to find out more about the measures we have put in place to support accessibility.