Practice Manager

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO5 (£50,574 – £53,607)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR 
Hours per week: 36 per week 
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 9th March 2025 at 23:59

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Practice Manager to join our in-house legal team. This pivotal role is responsible for the daily operations of our legal practice, ensuring efficient workflow, compliance with legal standards, and the delivery of high-quality legal services. Your responsibilities will include managing the business support team of 5, budget monitoring, analyse and present performance information and implementing best practices to enhance productivity and client satisfaction. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive leader to make a significant impact within our organisation.

About the team

Our legal team is dedicated to providing comprehensive legal support to various departments within the council. We pride ourselves on our collaborative and supportive work environment, where every team member’s contribution is valued. The service is Lexcel accredited, the Law Society’s  practice quality mark for client care, compliance and practice management.

About you

The ideal candidate will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues. You should also possess strong IT skills with previous experience of working with case management systems, robust organisational and leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and deadlines. We would encourage candidates from both private practice and the public sector, with a commitment to service improvement and excellence, to apply.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts. 

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk