Sector Lead- Consumer - United Kingdom - Irwin Mitchell LLP

Description

We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'Expert Hand, Human Touch' – something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But, we're more than just a law firm – we're a team, working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs.

Whichever team you join, working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things, and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

The work we do has been recognised in the awards we've won. We're committed to being even better, and our awards help to show we're on the right track.

We recognise that the office 9-5 isn't for everyone. That's why we've introduced 'Flexible by Choice'. Whether it's working from home, in our offices, or a combination of the both, we trust each other to support our clients, colleagues and communities at the right time, in the right way.

Your Role

As the Sector Lead for the Consumer Sector reporting into the Director of Strategic Growth for the Corporate and Institutions audience, you will have responsibility for creating and leading on the delivery of a Consumer Sector growth strategy for our Corporates and Institutions Audience.

In addition, you will have a significant client facing role leading a sector group made up of colleagues from across the business to deliver growth by winning more work from new sector clients, embedding existing sector client relationships leading to deeper service line penetration and developing our sector networks, connections and partnerships.

Our focus is to ensure we secure the right candidate for the role, therefore the successful candidate could be either be a Senior Associate or Partner level hire, depending on the individual. A full role profile is available upon request.

What You'll Be Doing

• Setting a dynamic growth strategy for the Consumer Sector and leading a multi – disciplinary sector team of lawyers and BD professionals to deliver that strategy
• Building Irwin Mitchell's profile in the Consumer Sector
• Sharing industry insights and working with people from across the group to support, strengthen and develop our Consumer Sector proposition
• Identifying targets and developing opportunities to win new sector clients and expand existing client relationships
• Informing M&A and lateral growth strategies to ensure we have the right skill set to deliver the Consumer Sector growth strategy

• An experienced client-facing lawyer
• Strategic business builder with an ambitious and innovative mind set.
• Strong leadership and motivational skills.
• Exceptional insight and network within the relevant sector.
• Current experience of driving sales with new and established clients in the applicable sector group.
• In depth knowledge of the industry sector with a strong network in the relevant sector space.
• Proactive in the market to develop and build opportunities to attract and win new clients.

• 25 days annual leave, with the opportunity to buy additional leave
• Two fundraising days in a year to give back to the community (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering discounted leisure and travel and refunds on medical services

These benefits are our Senior Associate benefits, our Partner level benefits to be discussed on an individual basis.

We also offer a huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace as well as flexible working options to ensure that you are fully supported to work the way that best suits you. Our social responsibility programme is fundamental to who we are. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish. We have a range of groups to celebrate our people across sexuality, disability, age, gender and culture.

We welcome applications from all diversity groups and backgrounds. We're committed to enabling everyone to thrive and understanding and celebrating our differences is a key part of that. We're proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, on the Race At Work Charter and as Stonewall Diversity Champions. We also have a range of networks for LGBT+, disability, generations, gender, social mobility, ethnicity, faith and culture to celebrate our people and to enable everyone to thrive.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, existing employees, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

Depending on the role you apply for we may carry out checks that will establish your eligibility to work in the UK, and criminal record check and financial checks with a credit reference agency will also be undertaken.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them

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