Contract Team Operations Manager

TLT LLP; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TLT LLP seeks a Contract Team Operations Manager to join the Retail Mortgage Services team in Bristol on a 3-month contract, paid day-rate via Umbrella. The role requires regular office attendance and strong operational leadership to drive efficiency within a professional services Firm.

You will manage paralegals, oversee daily operations, monitor SLAs, and develop staff while engaging with stakeholders to deliver client work to time and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading paralegal teams in a professional services environment.
• Proven ability to meet client SLAs and drive efficiency.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the paralegal team to maintain competence.
• Oversee day-to-day operations and ensure delivery within SLA.
• Manage resources, schedules, and performance.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and ongoing competence.
• Identify operational issues and implement improvements.

Skills

Team leadership

Problem Solving

Operational team management

Performance management

SLA management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

TLT is seeking a Contract Team Operations Manager to join the Retail Mortgage Services (RMS) Team on an initial 3-month contract. This role will be based in our Bristol office, with regular office attendance required, and will be engaged on a day-rate basis via an Umbrella Company.

If you have experience in team operations, workflow management, stakeholder engagement, and driving operational efficiency within a professional services environment, we would be keen to hear from you.

Your Role

• To manage all paralegals effectively and ensure that they reach and maintain competence to perform their roles and responsibilities.
• To manage the day-to-day operation of the team ensuring delivery to clients within SLA
• To manage resources effectively within team
• To manage performance and development of members of the team.
• To deliver for clients in respect of the work within operational team and deal with client queries relating to the team as and when required.Some client contact may be required.

Responsibilities

Team leadership

• Assign tasks and delegate work to team
• Monitor employee performance and provide feedback
• Conduct performance evaluations and appraisals
• Motivate and coach team creating goals at both levels
• Address employee concerns and resolve issues
• Maintain a culture of positive behaviour and role modelling

Operational management

• Ensure daily ops run smoothly and meet required standards
• Monitor productivity and efficiency of team members
• Create and maintain work schedules
• Track KPI and report to SOM
• Ensuring teams comply with regulatory and industry frameworks, policies and procedures.

Recruitment/training & competence

• Hiring new employees
• Onboard them alongside the training team
• Work with the training team to develop and maintain competence of colleagues
• Identify needs of colleagues and feedback to the training function for support
• Regularly conduct review and supervision of individuals work in accordance with the agreed QC parameters for team members/direct reports.

Problem solving

• Identify and address day to day operational issues
• Analyse problems, develop solutions and corrective action
• Escalate complex issues to SOM

Wider responsibilities

• Ensure operational input to support delivery of strategic delivery division
• Play an active role in continuous improvement and change within relevant team and support Senior management team in that respect.
• Play an active role in line led by SOM to develop the operational, team management processes.
• Support operational change initiatives to improve processes and systems.
• Support in the absence of other FLM within line led by SOM.

Your Skills and Experience

• Team leadership
• Problem Solving
• Operational team management
• Performance management
• Proven management skills and experience in leading case-driven and target-focused teams, maintaining engagement, accountability and consistent performance.
• Strong operational management capability, including managing SLAs, monitoring daily controls and taking timely corrective action to ensure service levels and client commitments are met.
• Ability to prioritise and balance a wide range of client requirements, service variations and competing operational demands while maintaining quality and delivery standards.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking,TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one stepahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local,nationaland international reach, we have over 1,800people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firmsacross Europe,Indiaand the US. Over the last few years TLT’ssuccessful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support forcolleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and atthe Legal Business, TheLawyerand British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next forour clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valuedfor our values. We do this in our unique way by creating socialvalue and a dynamic environment where our people are curious,creativeand ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone tobe their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to thesuccess of TLT.