We continue to challenge the culture of presenteeism wherever it exists across our business, empowering agile employees to work anywhere, anytime – as long as business needs are met. 

We value the contributions of all of our people, which is why in 2019 we were named one of the Top 10 Employers in the UK for Working Families. 

We continually evolve our thinking to enhance flexibility and design a working environment, which gives our people the right space to do their best work, along with the services, technology and line manager capability to support and accept greater organisational flexibility and different styles of working.

Being agile means you have one of our offices assigned as your base location but you can work from multiple locations. These could be a hot desk, another office, your home or any other location of your choosing during your contracted working hours.

Our aim is to transition to a culture where we focus on results and performance instead of time and attendance.

Our clients range from FTSE 100 multinational household names to private individuals, from both the public and private sector, from across the globe. 

We collaborate closely and establish strong connections, creating a solid platform from which we can help clients to achieve their commercial objectives. We are market leaders in the use of client-tailored technology, including creating and developing bespoke solutions and using data as an opportunity to inform better decisions.

All our people help to shape our culture by sharing their perspectives, experiences and challenging our thinking. We value this diversity of thought as it helps us to become a better global business and be better together, which is one of DWF's core values. 

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We want to create a work environment where our people feel appreciated and valued for their efforts and contributions.

To support this we have a comprehensive total reward and compensation package split into four key areas:

• Reward and compensation
• Employee benefits
• Health and wellbeing
• Engagement and recognition

We provide a number of core company-funded benefits, which our employees can find out more about on our Reward+ platform. These include life assurance, pension provision and healthcare.

There is also the flexibility to make use of a number of voluntary benefits, such as Apple and Windows products, extra holidays, gym membership, cycle to work, additional insurances and payroll giving.

Our benefits are regularly benchmarked and reviewed against a peer group of our major competitors and key players in the local market to ensure that we have a competitive offering.

In 2019, we launched The Rubies, an annual award ceremony that recognises DWF people across the globe who have made a significant contribution during the last year.

The Rubie Awards enable our people to identify amongst their colleagues, those who have not only inspired but who have gone above and beyond, as we collectively work towards our purpose of transforming legal services.  

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DWF provides learning and development opportunities for everyone in our business.

Our Learning and Development function provides our people with opportunities to improve their performance and support their career progression.

Our people are invited to complete modules that are specifically designed for their career level or area of expertise. In addition, we encourage our people to seek out for training from our suite of learning options that will support them with their own objectives and development goals. 

Our Emerging Talent function sources new talent for our rapidly evolving business. Legal roles are diversifying, so we are looking at a broad skill set when we're identifying talent. We also look to support the Skills of the Future in partnership with expert and trusted providers.

As a global legal business, our teams operate internationally across sectors and geographical boundaries.

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We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of the individuals that apply for positions at DWF. Our privacy notice explains how we use the information you submit as part of your application. 

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Responsible business practices, diversity and inclusion are integral to our values and culture. We recognise the benefits diversity brings and focus our efforts in a way that is responsive to the needs of all our people.  

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We use ClearTalents to discover how we might help you feel welcomed, supported and able to do as well as you can when applying to work for us. 

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Our values are at the heart of everything we do and are used as a benchmark for many of our strategic decisions, particularly when growing and developing our business.

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