Legal Resource Manager

Larbey Evans Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable UK law firm is seeking a Legal Resource Manager to lead resource allocation across teams and locations. The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder management skills and a background in law or resource management. Key responsibilities include improving career development opportunities, building trusted relationships with senior Partners, and effectively managing resource utilisation. This role offers a salary up to £80,000 along with fantastic employee benefits and a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Fantastic employee benefits

Hybrid working – 3 days in the office / 2 days WFH

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer or other professional with relevant experience.
• Strong commercial insight required for effective decision-making.
• Experience in resource management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Allocate work fairly among teams to ensure equal access for fee earners.
• Enhance career development by providing diverse work opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with Partners to understand their needs.
• Monitor resource utilisation and provide weekly reports.
• Manage trainee performance and allocate appropriate work.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Persuasive communication

Ability to drive change

Education

Law degree or relevant experience within a law firm

Tools

Resource management software

Job description

Legal Resource Manager

We’re seeking a Legal Resource Manager with excellent stakeholder management skills, who can influence senior decision makers at a highly regarded UK law firm to drive a structured approach to managing fee earners across teams and locations, supporting diversity and inclusion, and enhancing people performance and development.

• Salary to £80,000 + fantastic employee benefits
• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office / 2 days WFH
• City Location

Key Responsibilities of the Legal Resource Manager:

• Be the business services lead for allocating work throughout the allocated teams and make sure there is a fair and equal access to work for fee earners.
• Improve career development by giving employees access to a wider variety of work which matches their development needs and aspirations.
• Develop excellent working and trusted relationships with Partners at the firm to gain a deep understanding on their practice, pressure points, and resourcing needs.
• Build a Resource Management presence in key team meetings and Partners’ meetings, as necessary.
• Review utilisation and overall hours / stats on a daily-weekly basis; flagging areas of concern to the Teams’ partners by way of providing weekly utilisation and projected capacity reports.
• Understand / map the skills in the team and proactively monitor, remind, and chase fee earners to update their capacity forecast on a weekly basis.
• Liaise with trainee supervisors to monitor trainee performance and allocate appropriate range of work.
• Keep track of holidays and mapping holidays to utilisation to pro-actively recommend work re-allocation solutions ahead of time.

Skills & Requirements of the Legal Resource Manager:

• Qualified lawyer or other professional with a law degree or relevant experience within a law firm / Resource management background.
• Strong commercial acumen and business awareness.
• Able to drive change and transformation; comfortable with ambiguity.
• Persuasive and able to influence senior decision makers.
• Experience working with resource management software would be advantageous.