Skip to content
Menu
Join us

Join us:

Joining Ward Hadaway means becoming part of a firm that values your talent, supports your growth, and prioritises your wellbeing.

We are a people-first organisation. Our greatest strength lies in our team, and we are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed. From the moment you join us, you’ll find a workplace that is collaborative, inclusive, and focused on helping you thrive.

Whether you’re an experienced Partner, a legal professional, a trainee, or part of our Business Services team, we provide opportunities to help you achieve your career goals. With clear career pathways, training programs, and learning opportunities, we invest in your development at every stage.

Flexibility and balance are at the heart of our approach. Our hybrid working model empowers you to balance your professional and personal life. We offer comprehensive wellbeing support, focusing on mental wellbeing, physical health, financial wellbeing and social support, ensuring you feel your best every day.

As a responsible business, we are committed to making a positive impact. From sustainability efforts to community engagement, we lead with purpose. By joining us, you’ll be part of a firm that is not only dedicated to excellence but also to doing what’s right.

At Ward Hadaway, you’ll find more than a job – you’ll find a place where you can grow, contribute, and make a difference.

Want to join us?

Trainees & Apprentices

The place for ambition:

- Trainee Solicitors
- Solicitor Apprenticeship
- Work Experience

Kickstart your legal career with comprehensive training, hands-on experience, and unwavering support. You’ll gain a solid foundation in law, develop practical skills, and grow in a culture that celebrates your potential and invests in your future.

Find out more

Legal Professionals

The place to grow:

Advance your career in a dynamic environment where challenging work, professional development, and wellbeing are prioritised. You’ll collaborate with talented colleagues, work on impactful cases, and thrive in a firm that values respect, ambition, and inclusion.

Find out more

Partners

The place for impact:

Join a firm that empowers you to lead with autonomy, supported by a collaborative culture and an ambitious team. You’ll have the freedom to grow your practice, access strategic resources, and contribute to a purpose-driven, socially responsible organisation.

Find out more

Alistair Mcdonald

Business Professionals

The place for all:

Our business services professionals are at the heart of what makes us exceptional. Whether you’re driving innovation in IT, crafting impactful marketing strategies, ensuring financial excellence, or fostering a thriving workplace culture, your work will directly shape the success of our firm. With opportunities for professional growth, a collaborative and inclusive culture, and a focus on your wellbeing, this is a place where your expertise is celebrated, your ideas are valued, and your career can flourish.

Find out more

How to apply

How to apply

To apply, please visit our careers portal or send your resume to careers@wardhadaway.com

We try to stay true to our values, and create a straightforward and respectful recruitment process. We want to be mindful of your time and ensure you have the best possible experience during the recruitment process. Our general process has 4 steps:

  1. Send us your CV
  2. CV Sifting
  3. Virtual Interview
  4. In-person interview at one of our offices

We do have roles that require a slightly different process, and this will be shared with you once you pass the sifting stage.

Our approach to inclusion

Our approach to inclusion

We want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we’re working hard to continue to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity and we believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to provide the best possible experience for our people and our clients.

For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for our people to spend a minimum of 40% of their time in the office.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know by emailing careers@wardhadaway.com, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Advice for recruitment agencies

Intro

We are committed to attracting and engaging the best possible talent for our growing business.

Whilst we prefer to source and engage with candidates directly, we recognise and value the select number of preferred agencies we work with when looking at hard to find, niche skilled candidates.

As a preferred agency provider to us, we expect you to adhere to our agency recruitment code set out in the following three sections.

Instruction to work on a Ward Hadaway vacancy

Agencies can only be instructed to work on a vacancy, when contacted directly by a member from the People Team. Where the full vacancy details will be given and agreed terms confirmed.

If you are contacted / instructed by anyone outside of the People Team, please notify people@wardhadaway.com immediately, alternatively by calling 0330 137 3000. An instruction made from outside of this team is not necessarily deemed as a valid instruction.

Submitting CVs on an agreed vacancy

Whilst we are in the process of reviewing our current ATS,, agencies must email their qualifying candidates’ CVs directly to the member of the People Team who instructed them to work on the vacancy and upload the candidates details to our current recruitment portal.

Agencies should only submit CVs for candidates who have seen the full vacancy details and agree for their details to be put forward and represented by you and your agency only.

Agencies should interview candidates before submitting their CV, ideally face to face or by telephone if this is not possible.

As part of providing a quality service, agencies should ensure that candidates meet the requirements outlined in the job specification and the relevant Right to Work Checks have been completed for every candidate prior to submitting their CV.

CVs will not be accepted from agencies for vacancies which explicitly state ‘no agencies’ in the advertisement or when they have not been instructed by a member of the People Team.

Speculative CVs / agencies

If you’re not one of our preferred agencies, please do not send speculative CVs or make sales calls without the permission of our People Team, any introductions made outside of this team will not be deemed as a valid introduction and we are in our right not to be bound by your terms and conditions.

If you are an agency we are not currently partnering with, but believe you can help us in our search for the best possible talent, please email careers@wardhadaway.com to introduce yourselves and tell us why you believe you would be a good partner to us.