Career progression
If you wish to flourish within a collaborative and supportive environment, where career progression and quality supervision is a reality then Veale Wasbrough Vizards is the firm for you. We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset and in order to succeed in a constantly emerging market, our people need to evolve and develop in line with this.
Your manager will take time to support you in personal growth and development. Structured training plans and informal coaching and mentoring are paramount to this process and will assist you in achieving that all important promotion. We operate a structured career development process with transparent criteria, which is fair and equitable to all.
We have an excellent track record of internal career progression with 8 of our current partners being past trainees of the Firm. This is not limited to the lawyers, our Business Centre Manager was a legal secretary when she joined the Firm 20 years ago. It is extremely rewarding for both the Firm and individuals to see this development and reinforces the Firm's commitment to the Investors in People standards.
Training and development
When joining us, all employees are thoroughly trained in the Firm's IT systems and internal procedures. We feel it is vital to make new employees feel valued and involved from Day 1 and new joiners have repeatedly congratulated us on the excellent induction programme that we operate.
Once you have completed your induction you will be formally appraised annually and then quarterly on an informal basis through the Firm's excellent Personal Development Review process. During this process your training and development needs will be identified and these will be included in your department’s training plans.
We have a Training and Development manager who works closely with all of the training partners to ensure we are investing training resources effectively. We offer a comprehensive programme to include both technical and soft-skills training.
Rewards
In addition to a highly competitive salary we also offer a range of benefits which, depending on position, include:
- Pension contribution
- Basic annual holiday entitlement of 25 days
- Private medical insurance
- Permanent health insurance
- Discounted season bus ticket
- Professional subscriptions paid
- Free car parking for associates, partners and senior managers
- A sports and social club which offers subsidised events throughout the year
- Free postal Will (after 6 months' service)
- Discounted conveyancing (after one years' service)
- Life assurance of 4x your salary
- Childcare vouchers
