Principal Consultant-Payroll cloud transformation

Eversheds; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major international law firm based in Wakefield is seeking a Resource Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will manage resourcing activities while engaging with partners and various professional leads to align with strategic objectives. Your role includes optimizing work allocation, managing complex resources, and analyzing management information. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills, experience in workforce planning, and a proactive attitude toward challenges.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Health and wellness support

Professional development programs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Retirement planning support

Qualifications

• Experience working within a Resourcing Team.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships.
• Proactive with a positive attitude.
• Ability to work with tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Feed into the resource management strategy.
• Manage complex resourcing across product groups.
• Produce and analyze management information.

Skills

Workforce planning

Relationship building

Analytical skills

Conflict resolution

Excellent communication skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Job description

Overview

Role

You will engage widely with partners and fee earners, as well as our Business Professional (BP) Leads in Finance, HR and Service Excellence to ensure a co-ordinated approach to resourcing. You will be responsible for the delivery of resourcing activities across our Construction and Real Estate Litigation teams in the UK and in our Litigation team in the Middle East, with the aim of driving forward our strategic objectives for work allocation and resourcing. Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Responsibilities

• Feed into the resource management strategy for your practice area; Build relationships and communicate continuously with the product group stakeholders and associates; Optimise the allocation of work and deployment of lawyers to maximise profitability, offer variety and improve associate development and wellbeing; Manage complex, cross product group/jurisdiction resourcing; Produce, analyse and gain leverage from management information (MI), with the aim of smoothing utilisation, strengthening client benches, identifying skill gaps and associate development; Engage with the product group leaders, team leads and International leads to understand their priorities and put forward appropriate solutions for agreement; Share information with other members of the resourcing team in Litigation and with the Head of Strategy & Operations (Litigation) for your groups and provide updates on issues and solutions; and Promote the use and support improvement of the capacity management resourcing system to enable effective resourcing.

Skills and Experience

• Trusted advisor who provides balanced, pragmatic advice around workforce planning and resource management to their product groups;
• Relevant field experience working within a Resourcing Team (workforce planning / scheduling / etc.);
• Robust and resilient; able to drive change through innovative thinking;
• Ability to develop strong working relationships and engagement at all levels and be credible with senior stakeholders;
• Proactive with a positive, flexible, assertive, can do attitude;
• Ability to work with tight deadlines in a fast-changing environment;
• Experience of conflict resolution, with the ability to manage complex conflicts between numerous parties;
• Logical thinker with pragmatic analytical skills;
• A keen interest in developing deeper industry-specific expertise;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; and
• Excellent IT skills - particularly Microsoft Office and use of in-house technology.

Applicants Will Be / Have

• Commitment to excellence
• Strong attention to detail
• Relationship builder
• Communication skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• Methodical approach
• Resourcefulness

What’s in it for you?

At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.

• We’re fair, transparent and equitable
• We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
• We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
• We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
• We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
• We provide a platform for your career, through structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
• We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposure
• We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
• We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, Inclusive is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients\' goals: together. We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations. Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process. We want you to perform at your best during our recruitment process. If there is any adjustment or support you need, please contact us so we can discuss how we can best assist you.

Careers & Contact

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