Chambers is seeking a Practice Manager to join their outstanding clerking team.
12KBW has a reputation for excellence in personal injury, clinical negligence, costs, employment, industrial disease and international travel claims. We have many other rapidly expanding specialist practice groups related to these core practice areas.
Chambers has been ranked Band 1 for Personal Injury by the legal directories over the past 14 years. We are five-time winners of Personal Injury Set of the Year, confirming our pre-eminence in this area of law. 12KBW benefits from highly ranked members across all our core areas including 13 silks. Our Practice Management Team is consistently recommended for exceptional clerking in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.
You will be responsible for your own team of barristers with a dedicated Assistant Practice Manager to assist you. You will be guided and supported by three Senior Practice Managers and the Director of Clerking.
The successful candidate will be someone who can work well under pressure and is keen to develop their career in a forward-thinking and proactive environment.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Diary and practice management
- Practice development
- Negotiating and agreeing fees
- Preparing reports for the purposes of practice management
- Managing relationships with existing and new clients
- Proactively developing business on behalf of Chambers
- Team development and leadership
The successful applicant will have the following:
- Ideally at least 5 years’ experience working in a similar environment
- Excellent face-to-face communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- A focus on excellent client care with a professional and service-oriented approach
- A working knowledge of Equality and Diversity code and Fair Allocation of Work in respect of clerking members of Chambers
- Team ethic with significant ambition to learn and progress career
- Strong initiative and willingness to work in a pressurised environment
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for career progression
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Generous pension scheme
- Hybrid working – 4 days in chambers and 1 day at home following the completion of a successful probation
- Private health insurance and travel insurance
- Life assurance
- Season ticket loan
To apply, please email your CV to recruitment@12kbw.co.uk and complete the Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form below. Please ensure you put ‘Practice Manager’ in the subject line of your email. If you have any questions about the role or the process to apply, please contact Oliver Parkhouse, Director of Clerking on 07534465038 or parkhouse@12kbw.co.uk.
Closing date for applications: 12pm on 18 December 2023
