Practice Manager (1964)

Practice Manager (1964)

Cloth Fair Chambers

£Excellent Remuneration

London

Our client is a distinguished Chambers renowned for excellence in fraud, commercial crime, and regulatory work. With specialised and highly skilled members, they deliver top-tier, strategic legal advice and unmatched litigation experience, ensuring the highest quality service for both lay and professional clients.

An opportunity has arisen to join Chambers as a Practice Manager. You will ensure an exemplary client experience for all clients and visitors to Chambers, in person and virtually, and to support the practices of members with their day-to-day needs. This is a key role in the practice management team, saving member time, offering swift digital-first support to all of Chambers, bringing innovation and skills, and helping with the timely on-boarding of new matters and collection of fees. Prior experience as a practice assistant or a junior clerk with a record of learning quickly, a demonstrable commitment to their own professional development and an aptitude for building strong relationships is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Diary and Practice Management
• Fees and Financial Management
• General support for Chambers

Diary and Practice Management:

Daily diary management, including:

• Looking ahead in the diary to chase papers / spot issues,
• Liaising with courts / tribunals,
• Liaising with clerks and courts to fix hearings,
• Booking hearings and conference into diaries,
• Liaising with solicitors about availability.

Practice management, including:

• Recording and creating new opportunities and cases,
• Recording instructions,
• Recoding new contacts,
• Maintaining all existing records,
• Allocating new work under the guidance of the Director of Clerking,
• Recording business development opportunities,
• Participating in the business development and marketing of Chambers,
• Attendance at Chambers and clients functions as required,
• Market research and project work as required.

Fees and Financial Management:

• Negotiating and agreeing fees for both advisory work and inquiries/hearings under the supervision of the Director of Clerking,
• Recording fees for work done, processing outstanding fees and billing,
• Confirming in writing all estimates and agreements of fees,
• Chasing outstanding fees, in tandem with the Director of Clerking,
• Marking off payments and sending receipts.

General Support

• Answering telephones, transferring calls and relaying messages,
• Sending out / lodging urgent documents / packages,
• Working with the rest of the team on projects and initiatives from time to time that improve the service to members and the experience of clients who instruct and visit Chambers
• Traditional duties from time to time, such as reprographics, logistics and data management
• Administrative support for the Operations Manager and Director of Clerking,
• Such other tasks as may reasonably be required from time to time.

Necessary skills and capabilities

• Seeks improvements, is forward-looking and proactive,
• Excellent Excel, PowerPoint and PDF skills. Proficient in up-to-date IT packages with a digital-first approach,
• Numerate and accurate,
• Takes responsibility and sees tasks through to completion,
• Flexible and adaptive.

Expectations for all roles

• Commitment to client service, both internal and external,
• Excellent communication,
• Collaboration, team-work and respect,
• Compliance,
• Innovation.

Benefits

• Excellent Salary
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Pension contributions
• 25 days annual leave

All applicants are requested to complete an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion form, available here .

Applications to be submitted by close of business on 24th of February.

To apply for this role please e-mail a comprehensive CV and covering letter to one of the team or contact them directly for a confidential discussion:

Sam Biggerstaff – sam@abcllp.com| Hudson Brewer – hudson@abcllp.com

All third-party applications will be forwarded to ABC Chambers Solutions.

ABC are committed to equality and to fostering diversity in our profession.

We will treat everyone equally and irrespective of their age, background, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Please advise us in advance of the interview if you have any access needs (including those arising from neurodiversity) and/or require reasonable adjustments for the interview so that we can make appropriate arrangements.