Our client, Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, is a modern, award-winning set. It specialises in a wide range of medical, police, professional discipline & regulatory, business & specialist crime, inquest, inquiries and public law work, often involving important legal, ethical and social issues.
Chambers has 89 barristers and 23 members of staff. Over the last 10 years it has expanded its silk team from 9 to 28 KCs (including 9 women), recruited 40 new tenants and won 52 awards. Chambers holds the Bar Council’s Certificate of Excellence in Well-Being and has won a series of ED&I and Pro Bono awards.
Chambers is described by The Legal 500 as a “stand-out set with a first-class team”: its success stems directly from the calibre of the barristers and staff alike.
Members of our award-winning staff team play a vital part in the success of the set as a whole. Chambers is now seeking a highly motivated and ambitious individual to join their highly regarded practice management team.
The role
- Diary administration including entering papers and appointments
- Assisting with practice management and development, for junior barristers
- Attendance at Chambers’ promotional functions
- Lodging skeleton arguments, authorities and attending fixing appointments at court
- Liaising directly with barristers and staff colleagues to ensure they are properly supported
- Fielding calls and dealing with or directing them as necessary
- Managing conference arrangements including assisting with catering and video
- Printing, scanning, copying and collating material received electronically
- Collection and distribution of post and monitoring the clerks’ email inbox
- Ad-hoc project work and other administrative tasks as required
The person specification
A successful candidate is likely to have strong communication and organisational skills and:
- 6-12 months’ experience in a Barristers’ chambers environment.
- A willingness to learn and an excellent manner with colleagues, clients and contacts
- A calm and cheerful approach, even under pressure and an ability to adapt and prioritise competing demands in a busy and changing workload
- Attention to detail and the ability to process data accurately
- Integrity, with an absolute commitment to confidentiality
- A good understanding of equality and diversity principles
- The ability to work with multiple stakeholders
- Experience of Microsoft Office/LEX/MLC- training provided
How to Apply
Please send your CV clearly setting out your relevant experience and detailing in a personal statement why you are interested in the role to exclusively retained consultants, GRL Legal before the closing date 5pm on Friday 30th October. Interviews with our lead consultants will take place immediately.
To discuss the role in more detail and/or request a copy of the full Job Description, please contact GRL Legal consultants.
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers undertakes all recruitment in accordance with its equality and diversity policy.
