Serious Injury - Grade C Team Leader

Minster Law; Kettlethorpe; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Team Leader to supervise and guide a team of Serious Injury Fee Earners. This role involves providing technical support and coaching, ensuring adherence to performance standards, and fostering a high-performing, motivated team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in managing serious injury cases, excellent interpersonal skills, and a commitment to fostering team performance. This position offers a competitive salary range of £49,600 - £62,000, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of settling claims valued up to at least £125k.
• Sound knowledge of serious injury RTA.
• Experience of managing Grade C Fee Earners.
• Experience of managing HR and People processes against policy.
• Managing performance & productivity in a professional services environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and functional guidance to a team of Serious Injury Fee Earners.
• Ensure adherence to supervision framework and accountability for team objectives.
• Conduct file reviews and technical supervision.
• Provide effective coaching and feedback to team members.
• Identify training needs and skills gaps within the team.

Skills

Leadership

Technical guidance

Interpersonal communication

Emotional intelligence

Motivation skills

Education

Qualified solicitor or Fellow of CILEx

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Teams

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

The Team Leader will provide supervision and technical guidance as well as overall leadership to a team of Serious Injury Fee Earners. Caseloads are predominantly RTA and range in value from £25k up to £125k.

You will provide end to end technical support and coaching on cases, be responsible for the adherence to our robust supervision framework as well as be accountable for delivery of your team's objectives and KPIs.

The role holder will require a sound technical knowledge of personal injury (RTA) work as well as experience of supporting and developing team members through effective coaching and mentoring.

To be part of the Serious Injury leadership team that helps deliver growth, engagement, excellent customer service and performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Be an ambassador for Minster Law. A role model, bringing to life our core purpose and values through inspirational leadership and technical expertise.
• Act as a technical referral point for your team members, providing guidance on issues relating to the effective management of their cases, both litigated and non-litigated in order to ensure the best customer outcome in a cost-effective way.
• Protect client caseloads of your team through effective governance of milestones being achieved accurately and on time.
• Identify and implement litigation tactics to improve customer outcomes and maximise income generation.
• Where appropriate, ensure that complex cases are identified and highlighted inline with internal procedures for progression to Multi Track Team.
• Similarly, where appropriate, ensure that cases identified as fast track cases are highlighted in line with internal procedures for transfer to Fast Track Team.
• Optimise supervision across the team ensuring consistent application of standards, process, and working practice.
• Conduct file reviews and other technical supervision required under internal management controls.
• To support the Management Team in ensuring effective governance controls and measurements are in place to track and report progress.
• Provide effective coaching and feedback to team members, highlighting any issues identified to improve the quality of client outcomes.
• Support performance improvement of team members through creating and maintaining smart support plans.
• Be comfortable leading and developing a diverse team of newly tenured colleagues as well as experienced senior Fee Earners.
• Work with the Management Team to create a culture of continuous improvement and high levels of staff engagement and contribute to the overall operational plan.
• To understand the Minster Law cost process and provide technical support to fee-earners.
• Identify process issues and work with relevant stakeholders to resolve these.
• Identify training needs and skills gaps across the Team.
• Work with leadership team and support functions such as Learning and Development to organise training for colleagues.
• Working closely with the management team to ensure that both team and fee earner development is appropriately progressed, and business change is fully embedded.
• To undertake any other tasks as deemed relevant and reasonable by the business.
• Where appropriate have case ownership alongside the above accountabilities and handle matters in accordance with Team KPIs.
• Your KPIs and Objectives will be discussed and agreed with you on a one-to-one basis. You will have regular one-to-one meetings with your line manager to review your performance against these objectives and identify any areas for development and/or required support.

An experienced people leader that thrives on creating a high performing, motivated and engaged team.

• Credibility to operate and influence with stakeholders of all levels.
• Act with drive, pace and passion with the ability to work in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to lead with integrity, be respectful of all colleague opinions.
• Ability to motivate your team with an ability to put others at ease and build trust & confidence through self-awareness and a high degree of emotional intelligence.
• Takes personal ownership, leads by example and works collaboratively across functions with a one business mindset.
• Good interpersonal / communication skills both written & verbal with self-awareness of your own impact on others & an ability to consider appropriate forums for communications.
• A natural organiser able to set clear expectations of what good looks like and how it is measured.
• Demonstrate consideration of our company values in day to day decision making.
• Ability to follow Company process / guidelines & make appropriate decisions.
• Be a cultural ambassador by displaying our values and behaviours in every aspect of the work they do.
• Ambassador for change, prepare and equip colleagues for change through engagement, communication and seamless implementation.

Essential

• Proven track record of settling claims valued up to at least £125k
• Sound knowledge of serious injury RTA
• Experience of managing Grade C Fee Earners
• Experience of managing HR and People processes against policy.
• Managing performance & productivity, ideally in a professional services environment.
• IT skills - including Microsoft Word; Microsoft Teams; PowerPoint & Excel.
• Experience of conducting 1-2-1s / personal development plans / performance reviews.
• Experienced in the use and interpretation of MI and data.
• Willing to explore new technologies to support business development & able to support teams through change.

Desirable

• Qualified solicitor or Fellow of CILEx.
• Experience of Intermediate Track case management

Key Performance Indictors

The annual salary range for this role is: £49,600 - £62,000

Equal opportunities

Minster Law is committed to equality and diversity and being a workplace that creates a sense of belonging for everyone.