Join Us

At K J Smith we pride ourselves on our commitment to offering support, guidance and career development across all roles. You will receive a competitive salary along with a comprehensive range of benefits, including:

• Focus on career development

  We have been awarded the Investors in People Gold accreditation, making us one of only 17% of accredited organisations to achieve this standard. We believe that the success of our organisation begins and ends with our people; the accreditation demonstrates our commitment and long-term approach to ensuring that every member of the K J Smith team has the opportunity to realise their potential.

• A highly competitive bonus scheme

  With achievable time targets varying by level of PQE, our bonus scheme pays out from 90% of target and pays up to an additional 24% of basic salary per annum. We operate an enhanced bonus scheme for our Heads of Office, which pays up to an additional 32% of basic salary per annum. We have robust support networks in place to allow our lawyers freedom to focus on what they love doing. We also offer a separate bonus scheme for our fantastic support staff.

• Free Parking

  We offer all our staff free on-site parking or local car-parking permits.

• Private healthcare

  We offer BUPA private healthcare, including access to physiotherapists and mental health specialists.

• Enhanced contribution pension scheme

  We operate a competitive employee contribution pension scheme, with matched contributions increasing at two years and at five years’ service.

• Occupational benefits and incentive schemes

  We offer 25 days annual leave per annum (full time) plus bank holidays. We also provide a critical illness cover option and death in service. We run a number of annual social events as well as recruitment incentive schemes and the opportunity to earn store vouchers for you and your family.

• Opportunity to support your community

  Our annual charity budgets are managed at office level, giving our teams the ability to support local charities, or organisations that are particularly close to their hearts. We have been involved in some amazing projects, the last year being no exception, including donations to online theatre productions, Christmas wish-lists and laptop donations to local schools.

• Helping you achieve a work/life balance

  We are committed to supporting staff wellbeing. Aside from access to mental health specialists, qualified Yoga Instructor Laura Jessett guides us through an online yoga class every month – friends and families welcome (and encouraged!). You can learn more about Laura here: www.laurajessett.co.uk.

  We offer mediation sessions once a week to all members of staff and the sessions are ran by Josephine McGrail - you can learn more about Josephine here: www.josephinemcgrail.com.

  We also cover the cost of private personal training sessions for our employees – all staff are eligible to start a 10-session programme whenever they choose, with sessions taking place face to face, via Zoom, or a mixture of the two.

We are always happy to chat confidentially, and will be able to answer any questions you may have. Please get in touch and we will treat your application in the strictest confidence and in accordance with our GDPR policy.

We are committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of our employment and recruitment. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified or experienced people. No applicant will be excluded or receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of ethnic origin, religion, belief, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability.