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A leading City law firm is looking for a strategic business professional to join their Immigration Practice Area as a Legal Practice Area / Operations Manager.

This newly created opportunity will be a key role within the team to provide strategic and operational management support to the partnership group, with a focus on driving and optimising performance, efficiency and profitability.

Experience in Immigration law isn’t required, what we’re looking for is someone with proven experience working in a process-driven professional services environment (preferably legal), who has extensive experience in capturing, mapping and documenting business requirements, possesses significant process improvement and project management experience and has the ability to influence, persuade and negotiate.

Key responsibilities as the Legal Practice Area / Operations Manager will include:

  • Engaging and working closely with the Immigration Practice Area; to understand business operations, challenges and plans & priorities
  • Applying best practice within the department using critical and commercial thinking to improve the efficiency of resource management
  • Assisting the partners in creating an environment of continuous quality improvement
  • Supporting the continuous review and improvement of key business processes and workflows, driving change
  • Providing support to the partners with recruitment, scheduling and completion of performance reviews of departmental staff
  • Supporting the team’s finance partner ensuring effective utilisation, timely billing and on-going financial control plus periodical pricing and profitability reviews
  • Supporting partners in the development and review of the department’s strategy and business plan including preparation of material, summarising outcomes and ensuring follow-up
  • Project managing new initiatives
  • Plus more!

What we’re looking for:

  • 2 years+ experience in a similar legal practice / operations management role
  • Strong commercial knowledge to facilitate understanding of the practice area
  • Extensive experience in capturing, mapping and documenting business requirements
  • Significant process improvement and project management experience
  • Business case preparation and justification experience
  • Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate
  • Excellent academic / professional achievements (preferably to degree level)
  • Experience in a a process-driven role
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • IT literate
  • Diplomatic, analytical and logical problem solver

What’s on offer:
Our City based client’s standard hours are 9.30am to 5.30pm.

Salary of circa £80,000 + excellent benefits package

If this is a role that interests you and you possess the skills and experience we’re looking for, then we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your CV ASAP, quoting 'LO - Legal Practice Area / Operations Manager’

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