Practice Manager at Hamilton Lloyd and Associates

Job Description

• Practice Manager required is the operational backbone of the law firm, providing a demandingly diverse skills mix ranging from people management and marketing to finance, facilities and administration.
• The person will be responsible for the seamless daily running of the practice- a roll-up-your-sleeves role that requires commercial awareness and first-class co-ordination and communication skills.
• The Practice Manager will be as adept at motivating secretarial staff and dealing with suppliers as supporting clients and strategizing with senior partners.

Job Functions

• Pursuing day-to-day management.
• Developing the organizational traditions, work surroundings and facilitating communication.
• Supervise company’s day to day operations and facility management.
• Develops business development strategies including strategic, tactical planning and quality control.
• Responsible for the recruitment and selection of new hires, training and development, employee relations, counselling, personnel data systems, benefits administration and other HR functions for the legal, paralegal and support staff.
• Responsible for practice management including Lawyer recruiting, Legal Assistant supervision, implementing professional standards and other practice management functions.
• Accountable for information and details sharing.
• Receives information and details from employees and communicates it in meetings.
• Sends email correspondences to senior partners within the organization to provide information and updates regarding the practice.
• Communicates and collaborates with inside and outside stakeholders, which include suppliers, staff, and vendors.
• Collecting information and details which could help the firm in day-to- day and company-wide decision-making benefits the practice.
• Communicate and implement firm’s strategy internally and externally to enable all employees, suppliers and contractors understand the firm’s strategic plan and how it carries out its overall goals.
• Drive decision making that creates medium and long term improvement for the firm.
• Manage and contribute significantly to the firm’s operations/ management, marketing.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) is preferred or Bachelors degree in other social sciences.
• CIPM, CIPD is an added advantage.
• 6 - 10 years related work experience out of which a minimum of 2 years MUST have been in a law firm

Requirements (Compulsory):

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good negotiation skills
• Detail oriented
• Good interpersonal skills
• Innovative and analytical
• Good Leadership/Managerial Skills
• Planning and organizational skills
• Results oriented
• Good numerical skills
• Diplomacy and tact
• Excellent computer skills
• Business acumen
• Analytical skills
• Ability to be discreet & handle sensitive information