Join Pearson Solicitors
Our success depends on our ability to attract, retain and reward the best people and cultivate their talents, so that we can continue to offer our clients the competition-beating services that we are known for.
Joining us means working with talented people who are committed to building effective relationships and achieving outstanding results.
We value diversity and as a firm with an extremely broad client base, we recognise that our clients do too, so we reflect this in our workforce.
Current Vacancies
Interested in Joining the Pearson Team? Here is a list of current roles we are actively recruiting for:
We are looking to expand our existing Child Care team by appointing two experienced Child Care Solicitors ideally with 3 years PQE+.
These are full-time permanent roles within the Child Care team.
Requirements and details of the role:
Ideally, the candidate will be either a member of the Law Society Children Law Accreditation Scheme or working towards being able to apply for the panel membership.
- Managing a busy and varied caseload of some private law Children Act 1989 cases but mainly public law Care cases to include all pre-proceedings PLO meetings
- Acting for Children in private law proceedings if a panel member
- Acting for parties in Special Guardianship applications where required
- Performing own advocacy to include contested and final hearings
Salary & Package:
- Competitive salary
- Automatic enrolment onto the company’s pension scheme
- Excellent staff benefit package
- Friendly and supportive team environment
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements are considered
How to apply:
Please send your full CV and current salary to the Director and Practice Manager: joanne.ormston@pearsonlegal.co.uk
We are looking for a Law, CILEX Graduate or a candidate with A-Level qualifications to work within our busy litigation department. The department is based at our North Manchester office and benefits from free onsite parking.
This is a permanent position with the possibility of working towards a Paralegal role with the firm. We offer a competitive salary and provide an extensive list of staff benefits.
Requirements of the role:
- Managing and executing administrative tasks associated with inbound legal enquiries which will involve handling incoming calls and emails.
- Taking notes of calls from clients and accurately entering them into a CRM system to update client records
- Providing support for the administration of legal cases involving all documentation management including preparing court bundles, processing dictation, drafting client correspondence under the supervision of solicitors and/or litigation managers
- Ensuring accurate and timely communication with clients
Salary & Package:
- Competitive salary
- Automatic enrolment onto the company’s pension scheme
- Excellent staff benefit package
- Friendly and supportive team environment
How to apply:
Please send your full CV and current salary to the Director and Practice Manager: joanne.ormston@pearsonlegal.co.uk
Staff Benefits
Staff Members at Pearson Solicitors and Financial Advisers can enjoy the following benefits:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Flexible working
- Enhanced Sick allowance
- Death in service benefit
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme
- Annual discretionary firm bonus scheme
- Birthday day off (when it falls on a weekday)
- Discounted legal fees for staff and family members
- Medical Benefits
- Free eye tests
- Great staff events
- Annual Senior Staff Dinner
- Great training and development
- A chance to work with our charities
- Christmas shutdown
- Dress down Fridays
- Car parking permit (where applicable)
- Company Mobile telephone (where applicable)
- Payment of professional subscriptions and memberships
- Mental health and wellbeing – Access to a free employee 24/7 helpline facility
How to apply
We have ambitious plans to grow. We are actively looking for high-performing people to join us. So, if you think you would thrive as part of our dynamic team, please call Joanne Ormston on 0161 785 3500 or send us your CV by completing the recruitment form.
What do people say about working at Pearson Solicitors?
I only joined you as a locum for three months, so the fact that I stayed almost five years is a testament to the way Pearson operates as a firm. I felt like a valued member of a team in no time at all! Several lasting friendships have been made. Joanne Graham Family Law Solicitor in Manchester
In the 12 months I have been working with the firm, I can say without reservation that it is the best company I have worked for. Not only did the partners and my colleagues welcome me with open arms following a team move when I started but it is truly rooted in its community and genuinely cares about its people. There are lots of firms who put out statements and comments about their “culture”, “corporate social responsibility” and “work-life balance” but I can say without reservation that the firm lives its value everyday of creating a friendly, professional and caring environment to work in. In turn, its clients feel confident and reassured that they are going to get an excellent service with a personal touch. There is a genuine opportunity to grow and develop as a fee earner here. There is a true balance of autonomy coupled with supervision and genuine open door policy where you need it from experienced and expert partners and management team. Where employees go through a difficult time or fall on ill-health – the firm rallies around them rather than seeing them as a burden or number on a spreadsheet. The sense of camaraderie between colleagues is second to none and that is reflected in the minimal turnover of staff and considerable number of colleagues who have worked here for decades. If you want a work environment without egos and outdated hierarchy, but one team pulling in the same direction and looking out for one another whilst getting the best results for its clients, then Pearson is the place to work. I will always look back fondly at my time with the firm and I have made a number of friends at the firm which will survive them no longer being my colleagues. Ben Williams Employment Law Solicitor in Manchester
I have really enjoyed my time as an employee at Pearson Solicitors. The partners are extremely fair and approachable. The other employees are warm and welcoming, and I felt a part of the Pearson team immediately upon commencing my role. During my time at the firm, I moved to Leeds, but I was allowed lots of flexibility around working from home and I was trusted to manage my cases and my diary my own way, providing my targets were met. When I started at the firm, I was newly qualified, and I lacked in confidence. Since being here I believe that I have grown and developed not only in confidence but also in ability and I feel that Pearson Solicitors have given me the tools and the opportunities to do so. It has been a pleasure being an employee at the firm and I am extremely grateful to the Partners for the opportunities and if it wasn’t but for me going travelling, I would have liked to continue with the firm. Hannah Cox Care Solicitor in Oldham
