Lead Civil Barristers’ Clerk (Personal Injury And Clinical Negligence)

Manchester

circa £40,000 per annum (we may be able to offer more for a candidate with exceptional experience)

Permanent, Full Time

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, enhanced maternity & paternity pay.

We are looking for an experienced personal injury and clinical negligence barristers’ clerk to join our Civil Clerking team based in Manchester.   We have 41 barristers practising in this area, working out of our five sites across the North and able to work throughout the UK.  

You’ll need to have the knowledge and experience of clerking barristers in this practice area to hit the ground running and be a lead member of the clerking team, able to train and develop junior colleagues.  On a day-to-day basis you will work with the team to ensure our barristers’ diaries are effectively managed and their practices supported, through communicating with clients via telephone and email, taking bookings and ensuring computer recording of instructions and briefs, ensuring barristers have the documents they need in Dropbox prior to conferences and hearings, forward-planning and chasing where required, checking court lists, billing cases, and producing monthly reports for insurer clients.  

As a Lead Clerk, you’ll help with problem solving and team supervision.   You’ll also be encouraged to develop your skills in practice and business development, through setting up and attending seminars and events, and meeting with clients and prospective clients to maintain relationships and bring in new work. 

While based in Manchester you will support our civil practice barristers across all of our sites in the North, working with colleagues in clerking teams across our five sites to ensure the delivery of a smooth and comprehensive clerking service to all practitioners in the team and their clients.

Essential skills for this role are: significant barristers’ clerking confidence and ability, excellent spoken and written communication skills, strong IT skills and computer confidence, a systematic and organised work style, excellent attention to detail, experience of managing a busy workload effectively and team working.

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 five sites, excellent opportunities for peer support and career development.

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.