Junior Barristers Clerk, Crime

Junior Barristers Clerk, Crime

Chester

Salary range: from £24,000 p.a. (depending on skills and experience)

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm (1-hour lunch) - flexibility will be considered

Holidays: 25 per year plus Bank Holidays (rising with length of service)

Benefits: contributory pension scheme, private healthcare and cash plan, group life policy

This is a great opportunity to join one of the largest barristers’ chambers in the country, and to commence or further develop a career as a barristers’ clerk. Our client is looking for someone to join at Level 1 (entry) or 2 (skilled) of their Clerks’ Job Family based in their Criminal Law team in Chester. The Job Family has 5 Levels, from Junior to Senior Clerk, offering excellent long term personal development and career progression.

You will work as part of a small friendly team based in their newly refurbished offices in the centre of Chester, focusing on supporting the criminal clerking team primarily and the family and civil team from time to time as needed.

This is not a role for someone who wants to practice law (e.g. as a solicitor or barrister), but for anyone interested in working in an administrative capacity in the legal sector in a vital role supporting the practice of barristers. They offer long term career prospects and development as a clerk.

As a member of their clerking team, you will help to provide a smooth and comprehensive clerking service to their members, including careful diary management, recording of briefs and instructions, checking court listings and dealing with email and telephone bookings and enquiries from clients. As your career with them progresses you will become more involved in fee negotiation, networking, barrister practice development and business development.

You’ll need to be able to demonstrate strong and professional written and spoken communication skills, the ability to follow processes carefully and with particular attention to detail, a polite and friendly manner, confidence with IT, a willingness to learn and the ability to work well with colleagues to deliver an excellent overall service.

Ideally you will have proven experience of working as an Office Assistant, Administrator or Clerk in a barristers’ chambers or similar legal or professional services environment. Essentially, you will have working experience of administration, confidence and experience in the use of office ICT and equipment and a flexible and team-oriented approach.

In return they offer a friendly and sociable working environment, a competitive salary and benefits package and, with over 40 clerking roles across their four sites, excellent opportunities for peer support and career development in the company.

Closing Date: they encourage swift applications and will close when they have sufficient applications shortlisted for interview.

They positively encourage applications from all sections of the community and operate an equal opportunities approach.