Practice Manager - Immigration

GRL LEGAL; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

GRL LEGAL in London is seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious person to support and develop their Immigration team within a busy Barristers' Chambers. The role is full-time and suits a proactive individual with a good understanding of immigration and civil law, working well as part of a dynamic clerking team.

The candidate should have a minimum of five years’ clerking or equivalent experience, including diary management, case administration, and negotiating case fees.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years clerking or equivalent experience in immigration or civil law.
• Experience in negotiating case fees.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience building professional relationships with solicitors (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Upkeep of diaries and booking scheduling for barristers.
• Case administration including arranging and booking in cases.
• Negotiating fees and finalising funding for cases.
• Attend Practice Review Meetings and follow up actions.
• Attend events to network and develop business.
• Source and act on leads to develop new relationships.

Skills

Clerking experience

Diary management

Fees negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Solicitors relationships

Job description

Our client is a large and dynamic Barristers' Chambers with a team of staff who provide the clerking, financial, marketing and administrative support for over 190 barristers. They are a diverse set, specialising in all aspects of human rights and social welfare law, including crime, family law, housing, immigration, and civil law. Chambers is based in modern offices in EC4.

After a period of growth, Chambers is seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious person to support and develop their successful and growing Immigration team. The ideal candidate will have experience in immigration or other areas of civil law in either solicitors firm or within a Barristers Chambers. This is a full time role and will suit a confident, friendly and proactive individual with good understanding of the relevant areas of law who works well as part of the team. You will be joining a dynamic and supportive clerking team at a very exciting time.

Duties include:

• Upkeep of diaries, ensuring barristers are aware of commitments and undertaking future booking troubleshooting
• Case administration including arranging and booking in cases
• Negotiating fees and finalising funding for cases
• Attending Practice Review Meetings and assisting the Senor Immigration Practice Manager in following up actions from Practice Review Meetings
• Attending events to network with contacts and develop business
• Assisting the Senior Immigration Practice Manager to source and act on leads in developing new relationships

Person Specification

• A minimum of 5 years of clerking or equivalent experience gained in immigration or other area of civil law, including diary management, liaising with solicitors and court staff
• Experience in negotiating case fees
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Experience of building and developing professional relationships with solicitors is desirable

NB: The closing date for applications is 5 pm on Tuesday 21st July. Early applications are encouraged with initial interviews for suitable candidates taking place immediately.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to diversity amongst its staff and members. We welcome applications from women, minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities and LGBT+ candidates as well as those from other groups which are underrepresented in the legal sector