Role
The Practice Manager will support the Practice Director in providing business management support to our practice groups. This is a 1‑year fixed‑term contract starting in June.
Key Responsibilities
* Business management: supporting partner and department meetings, agendas, note‑taking, action tracking, coordination, allocation of legal work, induction delivery, process improvement, supervision arrangements, gathering feedback, and team updates.
* Secondments: managing client secondment requests end‑to‑end, including reverse secondments and liaising with practice and other Business Teams.
* Resource sharing: coordinating resource‑sharing requests across practice groups during busy periods or absence cover.
* Utilisation: monitoring utilisation across the practice, identifying trends, correcting reporting errors, and responding to queries from lawyers and partners.
* Intranet: maintaining and improving the Practice Management team’s intranet pages.
* Projects: supporting the Practice Director on projects such as paralegal role design with the Emerging Talent Manager, improving management information, and streamlining communication from Business Teams to the practice.
About You
* Experience as a Practice Manager or Practice Advisor, ideally within a law firm or professional services environment.
* Proactive self‑starter with a can‑do attitude.
* Well‑organised with excellent attention to detail.
* Comfortable navigating new areas and working fluidly with colleagues across functions.
* Able to build effective and trusting relationships quickly at all levels.
* Strong influencing skills and openness to constructive challenge and feedback.
Benefits
* Flexible and hybrid working with at least two office days per week.
* Progressive benefits including sustainable pensions, IVF support, private healthcare, and wellbeing and personal development programmes.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Purpose
We are a B‑Corp and purpose‑driven law firm committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We align profit with social purpose and reduce environmental impact through our Climate & Nature Group.
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