Job Title: Junior Barrister's Clerk
Location: Sharston, Manchester, M22 4SN
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Job type: Full time, Permanent
About Us:
Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide and are currently ranked 64 out of more than 10,000 law firms. We have a 5-star rating on Trustpilot from over 8,000 reviews, which coming from our clients means a lot to us. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is the core of our business.
The Role:
Express Chambers are looking to recruit a Junior Barrister's Clerk to support our friendly team of 21.
The position is required to support our experienced Senior Clerk and Junior Clerk, with diary management, reporting, assessing, allocating incoming work, and further ad hoc administrative tasks.
Responsibilities
* Use of LEX case management System.
* Logging and uploading briefs & other documents.
* Communicating with the barristers and advocates and keeping them updated with their cases.
* Chasing papers for hearings, conferences and diarised drafting work in advance.
* Dealing with email or telephone requests from our in-house lawyers. This can vary from remote hearings, attended hearings, trials or applications.
* Checking court lists and daily communication with courts.
* Working alongside the clerks in managing the diary and allocating work.
* Attending department meetings as and when required.
* Working with external Chambers on occasion.
Person Specification:
* Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to communicate confidently and efficiently in a corporate setting, both written and orally is essential.
* The ability to develop and maintain strong internal relationships at all levels.
* Well-developed influencing skills whilst remaining diplomatic, pragmatic, and sensitive.
* Co-ordination and prioritisation of workflow, troubleshooting and the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
* Strong level of IT literacy including databases and common office systems (e.g. Excel, Word, email- Outlook)
* Professional and smart presentation and a willingness to learn and to work to tight and often competing deadlines
* Capacity to thrive in a small team environment and is a team player who gets on well with colleagues.
* Take personal responsibility for delivering agreed objectives and pride in delivering a high-quality service.
* It would be advantageous if you have experience working as a Junior Clerk at a Barristers' Chambers, but not essential as full training will be provided.
Salary & Hours:
* Salary of up to £30,000
* Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.
Benefits:
* Hybrid Working - 3/2 hybrid working pattern after probation.
* 23 Days Holiday - Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.
* Extra Holidays - 3 holiday buy backs and an extra day for your birthday after service length requirement.
* Looking After Your Health - Private medical insurance available after 2 years' service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.
* Looking After Your Well-being - 24/7 onsite Gym, Netball/Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
* Work Life / Balance - Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
Recruitment Process:
Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning.
Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Trainee Barrister's Clerk, Practice Manager, Office Management, Legal Practice Manager, Practice Management, Barrister's Assistant may also be considered for this role