Team Leader Ldc - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Dentons

Dentons

Verified Company

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Duration:
Permanent

Location:
Virtual

Reports to:
Partner, Head of LDC and LDC Operations Manager

Reference no: 6018

The Department

The Role
The LDC comprises over 80 paralegals and is continuing to grow.

We are looking for an experienced, driven, and enthusiastic Team Leader to join and to provide support to our existing Team Leaders.

As the LDC's Team Leader, you will have a fantastic opportunity to support the LDC's delivery model.

You will be responsible for work allocation and for ensuring your team provides support to the highest standard to the relevant practice area and that services are delivered in a timely, cost-effective, and efficient way.

This will mean constantly reviewing levels of resources, regular financial hygiene, developing and driving a high-performance culture with a focus on continuous improvement, accountability, and personal responsibility, and ensuring all KPIs are reviewed to measure the performance of the service.

You will play a key role in developing and coaching the paralegals and in developing the future growth of the team.

You will develop strong relationships with the relevant partners, fee-earning teams, practice managers, and our practice development lawyers to ensure the current and future business needs are being met, to drive internal business development to include increasing brand and profile across the firm and to increase business for your team and the wider LDC.

As part of the LDC leadership team, you will work closely with those heading the LDC to grow the paralegal team to meet business needs, and you will collaborate with other LDC Team Leaders in order to support those Heads in relation to the overall management and development of the LDC and its service delivery.

The role may suit a career paralegal looking for the next step into team leadership and management.

Required experience, skills, and attributes

A detailed understanding of how paralegal teams can improve cost efficiency for our practices and how they are best placed to improve a group's delivery model would be helpful but not essential as training can be given.

Prior paralegal experience would be helpful, but not essential as the technical training and support will continue to be delivered by the fee-earning teams.

However, you will need to possess the following:

Knowledge of implementing and monitoring performance management systems.
Effective and excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both oral and written sufficient to explain departmental policy/procedure.
High levels of organisation with a proactive approach and excellent attention to detail to ensure nothing slips through the cracks.
Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight schedules in a very fastpaced environment.
Ability to work effectively and collaboratively crossfunctionally, think practically, and be solutionoriented.
Ability to drive business development and to raise brand and profile internally.
Ability to respond positively to change and be respectful of new ideas.
Proven track record of improving team organisation and efficiency.
Commitment to embrace and advocate for inclusion. Knowledge and experience in undertaking and/or managing large Data Subject Access Requests, document reviews, and disclosure exercises, together with an understanding of the various platforms to support such exercises would be an advantage.

Firm Profile

Inclusion & Diversity

Essential to our success as a global law firm is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds.

We want a work environment where everyone can reach their potential and we have an inclusive culture which respects individual differences.

We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved.

We welcome you to learn more about diversity and inclusion at Dentons.

Equal Opportunities

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CV's sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.