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We recognise that exceptional legal professionals are the core of our success. We provide a dynamic and supportive environment where you can excel in your practice and achieve your career aspirations.

Challenging and rewarding work

As a legal professional at Ward Hadaway, you’ll have the opportunity to work on high-impact cases and projects across diverse sectors. From complex commercial transactions to innovative solutions in healthcare, public sector, and private client services, our work is as varied as it is rewarding.

Career development

We are committed to your growth. With clear career pathways and ongoing training, we provide the tools and resources you need to advance your career. Our focus on professional development ensures that you remain at the forefront of your field, equipped to navigate the complexities of a modern legal practice.

Supportive culture

Our culture is built on respect, ambition, clarity and honesty. We value your contributions and provide an environment where your ideas are heard, your achievements are celebrated, and your wellbeing is prioritised. From hybrid working arrangements to mental health first aiders, we ensure that you have the support you need to succeed.

A responsible firm

We believe in doing what’s right. Our commitment to sustainability, social value, wellbeing and equality, diversity, and inclusion is reflected in everything we do. By joining us, you’ll be part of a firm that not only delivers excellence to clients but also contributes positively to society.

Join us, and take your career to new heights in a firm that values your expertise, supports your ambitions, and celebrates your success.

Please visit our current vacancies to apply or contact us by emailing careers@wardhadaway.com

What you'll find

Learning and development

We know that helping to keep our people on top of their game is a fundamental and essential part of a successful professional services firm. We support the learning and development of our people by running training and developmental sessions firm-wide, departmentally, at unit or teams level, and individually. We also actively encourage you to identify and training that will help you develop.

As well as developing your technical skills, we will also take a more rounded approach to the development of our legal professionals providing development and training on ‘softer skills’ and equipping you with the tools needed at each stage of your career.

These will be delivered via individual coaching, group sessions, online resources, webinars and seminars.

We encourage a regular dialogue with your supervisor or mentor to help you with your ongoing development.

Package and benefits

In addition to offering a competitive salary, we reward our people with a whole range of benefits, some core and some flexible, designed to shape a reward package that’s right for you – now and in the future. Our core benefits include:

  • A pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 6%
  • 25 days holiday and once you’ve been with the firm for 4 years this increases to 26 days, with a further increase once you have 5 years’ service to 27 days and once you reach 10 years’ service holiday increases to 28 days. There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days. That’s on top of all the recognised public holidays in the UK.
  • Life assurance cover of 4 times salary, with the option to purchase additional cover of up to 10 times salary.
  • An Employee Assistance Programme
  • Free annual Headspace subscription

Everyone’s an individual at Ward Hadaway so as well as our core benefits, we’ve got benefits you can add or remove pretty much as flexibly as you wish:

  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Dental insurance
  • Travel insurance
  • Critical illness cover
  • Health cash plan insurance
  • Purchase of home technology in interest free instalments
  • Subsidised city centre parking / Annual travel tickets
  • A range of discounts at top attractions
Health and wellbeing

We are committed to the health and wellbeing of our people and that is why we offer a range of initiatives including annual flu vaccinations, Employee Assistance Programme, discounted gym memberships, health analysis, team building and social allowances, to name but a few. We are out our best when you are at your best so the wellbeing of our people is a fast evolving agenda for the firm. We are also part of the Mindful Business Charter and are developing principles to encourage positive working practices reducing unnecessary stress to create a healthy and agile business atmosphere for our people and clients.