Legal Support Manager - York

Sue Ross Legal are currently recruiting for a Legal Support Manager on behalf of our client, a leading Firm of Solicitors based in their York office.

Duties will include:

• Taking responsibility for the day-to-day delivery and management of a professional, efficient and high quality secretarial service
• Continually assessing the effectiveness of processes and procedures
• Reviewing, prioritising and redistributing work where appropriate
• Monitoring productivity and work quality of teams and individuals
• Liaising regularly with partners and Fee Earners to ensure the quality and turnaround of work meets expectations
• Identify training and development areas and assist to address these
• Implementation and delivery of salary review to timetable and budget
• Continually assess support staff requirements to ensure appropriate resource levels across the firm
• Ensure a thorough understanding of BigHand digital dictation
• Develop and deliver MI to monitor productivity and performance
• Implement and continually review procedures
• Create a clear plan to ensure support staff are developed in the most effective way

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced ‘people manager’ – someone who has experience of managing work allocation, recruitment and selection, L&D, relationship building, working within a Law Firm, Microsoft Office and IT packages, ideally with a minimum typing speed of 60wpm.

For more information about the above vacancy or for a confidential chat about our other vacancies throughout Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, the North West and the North East, please send your details to us and one of our dedicated legal consultants will contact you.

Unfortunately due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to provide individual feedback to all applicants. Please assume that if you do not hear from us within 72 hours that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

May we take this opportunity to thank you for expressing an interest in one of our roles and wish you the very best in your search for employment.