Expert Barristers’ Clerk (Business, Property & Employment)
Salary range: £32,000 – £45,000 (depending on skills and experience). We may be able to pay more for a highly experienced candidate. Flexible working can be considered.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 5:30pm (1-hour lunch)
Holidays: 25 per year plus Bank Holidays (rising with length of service)
Benefits: contributory pension scheme, private healthcare and cash plan, group life policy
We are looking for a confident and competent civil barristers’ clerk to join our Manchester-based Civil clerking team in this expert level role. Working with the Assistant Senior Clerk (Business, Property & Employment), you will be a go-to clerk for our barrister team servicing a wide range of work and clients across the North and beyond. You will work with the wider clerking teams across our four sites, to ensure the delivery of a smooth and comprehensive clerking service to all practitioners in the team and their clients.
At this level we are looking for clerks with sound knowledge and competence in all aspects of diary management and fee negotiation, ideally in this area of law and will encourage development in practice and business development planning and activities. This role will involve line management of a junior clerk and supervising the clerking team as deputy to the Assistant Senior Clerk. You will benefit from an environment where you can grow your knowledge and experience amongst a large team of experienced clerks.
This is a great opportunity to join a large, professionally run and successful barristers’ chambers, where you can have a big impact and continue to develop your clerking skills and experience to further your career.
We offer a friendly and sociable team environment, with excellent management support, a competitive salary and benefits package and, with over 40 clerking roles across our four sites, excellent opportunities for peer support and career development.
Please do contact Chris Shaw, Group Senior Civil Clerk on 0161 214 1500 to discuss the role.
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Closing Date: we encourage swift applications and will close when we have sufficient applications shortlisted for interview.
We positively encourage applications from all sections of the community and operate an equal opportunities approach.
