Assistant Practice Manager

Job description

Permanent or fixed term (one or two year) contract available

As a result of sustained demand, an exciting new career opportunity now exists for two accomplished, organised and highly professional individuals to join a growing business with flexibility offered to take a fixed term or permanent contract. Our client is a leading commercial barristers’ chambers that has experienced long-standing commercial success built on an impressive reputation for providing outstanding specialist advisory services to clients across the globe.

Chambers has a thriving domestic and international practice, specialising in providing services across the areas of construction and engineering; energy and natural resources; infrastructure and utilities; international arbitration; IT and technology; offshore construction and marine engineering; planning and environmental law; procurement; competition; and associated professional negligence.

The successful Assistant Practice Managers will work as juniors in a team of Practice Managers in conjunction with the Joint Directors of Clerking and members of the other Practice Management teams. The successful candidates will provide professional, effective and efficient support and administrative services to Chambers’ barristers.

The ideal applicants are diligent, confident and professional individuals, with excellent written and oral communication skills. They able to deliver a full support service including administering cases, scheduling meetings, liaising with the courts in relation to hearings and assisting with the collection of fees. As they build experience, they will support the wider Practice Management team in negotiating fees on behalf of barristers, marketing and developing the business of barristers to maintain a supply of work, maintaining excellent client relationships with solicitors and other professional clients.

The role offers a great opportunity for candidates to take their first step in the legal sector whether they are looking to gain one- or two-years’ experience of a Chambers environment in a CV-enhancing role before pursuing a career in other areas of the law or are interested in building a career in clerking.

Key Responsibilities

• Administration of instructions and cases using Chambers Management software including: setting up case files; recording terms of engagement and charge out rates; logging work done; fixing hearing dates; planning meetings; and invoicing work done.
• The regular collection and processing of barristers’ timesheets onto the Chambers Management software within established time guidelines; and regular monitoring and updating of missing time/fee items onto the system (training to be given).
• Assisting barristers with the effective administrative management of their practices, including for example arranging travel/hotels; forwarding post; photocopying/printing papers.
• Communicating between clients and barristers, in relation of all aspects of barristers’ work, to ensure a high quality of service.
• Liaising on behalf of barristers, with the Courts, Judges and opposing legal teams where appropriate.
• Promoting barristers and selling their legal, advisory and advocacy services to clients, who are mainly solicitors and other professionals.
• Allocating and matching new clients and work opportunities with the most suitable barrister.
• Negotiating fees for barristers and assisting with the collection of barristers’ fees.

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