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Building Your Career

At KJS, we support you to excel in your career. We empower our colleagues to take on responsibility, try new things, and become increasingly confident in their roles. However quickly or steadily you want your career to progress, we support you to keep moving forwards and succeed in your ambitions.

Careers With KJS

Your career. Your success.

A legal career can be daunting and long. Solicitors at all stages of their career will tell you the same thing:

"Just keep going!"

At KJS we recognise the endurance that a career in law requires and we reward our team and celebrate the wins (no matter how small).

From financial support through studies to working towards that promotion, we help you at each step of your career.

You have access to our Emerging Leaders programme (like no other), offsite training days, and our continued commitment to investing in our people.

Current job opportunities

Interested in joining our team? Take a look at the current roles we are hiring for.

Current Opportunities

Expand your strengths

We help you grow your talent and tap into areas that you may not yet have discovered.

Perhaps you have a skill for networking that you haven’t yet realised. Or your commercial awareness is the key to driving our business forward.

We give you the opportunity to try new things, discover what you enjoy, and build your confidence to use those strengths at work.

Lydia's story

Lydia joined KJ Smith in 2022 as a paralegal at our Southampton office. Her role covers a wide variety from days in court to sitting in on Free Initial Consultations.

Helping others has always been her passion which she has been able to transform into her career. She pursued this while undertaking her LLB at the University of Sussex where she worked within the Family Law Clinic offering free legal advice to citizens.

Lydia always had a desrire to make an impact when people were at their most vulnerable. Since joining KJS she has become a Trainee Solicitor and has something of a dynamic duo reputation with Robyn Bowyer.

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For me, a career in law was in my sights early on. I wanted to be the shoulder for people to cry on when they needed it most.

Gavin's Story

Support roles are as important to KJS as legal roles. Gavin joined KJ Smith in 2018 as an IT and Operations Assistant where he maintained and supported operations across 13 offices.

His role covers a broad spectrum from IT issues to and leading Project management.

Gavin joined us on a temporary contract, 6 years on he is thriving and leading in his well deserved promotion to Operations Manager.

He mentions the way KJS staff support and help with career progression is the best he has seen, with a mention of how friendly and helpful they are.

One of my proudest achievements at KJS is the progression and how far I have come since joining.

Bel's Paralegal Journey

Isobel (Bel) Hester joined us in January 2024 as a paralegal.

What drew her to pursue a career in law is her natural need to help others. ‘There is nothing better than being able to have a positive effect on so many lives and achieving things that would not have happened without you.’

She joined KJ Smith in the hope of working within a proactive firm that recognises staff achievements, since joining she has felt recognised and more driven to achieve excellent results.

Achieving the Investor in People Platinum award shows that KJ Smith genuinely cares about their staff and recognises those who are achieving.’

Our Emerging Leaders Programme

KJ Smith Solicitors has established an Emerging Leaders programme in 2022 to foster a culture of excellence and innovation.

The two-year programme aims to fast-track individuals and provide them with the necessary skills and resources to transition from Emerging Leaders to Leaders, successfully leading a team and running their office.

The programme has been carefully designed to identify and nurture future leaders and provide the necessary support, training and mentorship to help each leader excel and reach new heights in their careers.

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Be the Difference

Arabella Turner joined KJ Smith in 2020 as a senior Solicitor at our Winchester office.

She comes from a successful background in global Fashion which led to the creation of other entrepreneurial ventures.

After Arabella experienced a divorce herself she was inspired to make a difference in the world of family law.

9 years on she now leads our Winchester office and empowers her team and her clients through her personal and professional experience.

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Awards & Recognitions

We’re recognised by the Legal 500 as a Leading Firm in a number of practice areas. That means that an external, objective body has scrutinised our competency and client reviews, and found us to be one of the top family law practices in the UK.

Our lawyers are members of Resolution, so we are committed to a Code of Practice which promotes a constructive approach to family issues that considers the needs of the whole family.