Assistant Team Leader

The Assistant Team Leader provides comprehensive operational support to activity in the Transaction Services Team, working closely with the Team Leader, Senior Managers and Group Lead in our Real Estate sub-team to help manage the continued development and performance of Paralegals and Legal Apprentices. The Real Estate sub-team is structured in an aligned model and each line manager has responsibility for a defined group of Paralegals or Apprentices aligned to one of the Firm's clients or practice groups within the Real Estate Group., The Assistant Team Leader will also carry out some fee earning work. The Assistant Team Leader will have a focus on the Real Estate sub-team but will also have some wider responsibilities within the TST. This role is based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, with occasional travel to the other UK offices, as required., The following list of duties is not exhaustive but gives a flavour of what the Assistant Team Leader might undertake: Work Allocation and Operational Management

• Taking instructions from internal clients, ensuring requirements are understood and allocating appropriate resource within the Real Estate sub-team.
• Having responsibility for work allocation amongst, and the delivery of work by their aligned groups
• Ensuring that work is delivered effectively and efficiently.
• Implementing and carrying out quality assurance checks on tasks undertaken by their aligned group and broader sub-team.
Line Management
• Leading identified groups of Legal Apprentices, Paralegals and Senior Paralegals
• Providing coaching and regular feedback, and carrying out regular check ins to develop, encourage and motivate those individuals.
• Taking responsibility for individual paralegal and team development plans and proactively managing individual and team workloads and capacity and performance.
• Working with the TST Leadership Team to provide a consistent approach to performance management and to ensure the resourcing needs of the whole team are considered.
Fee Earning
• Assisting with and supervising the fee earning tasks undertaken by the Real Estate sub-team across English, Welsh and Scots Law.
• Managing the larger, more complex projects the team is instructed to complete.
• Keeping up to date with technical developments and knowhow relating to the Real Estate Group and the work carried out by the team, including relevant legal technology.
Team Growth
• Responsibility for developing their aligned groups, including engaging with relevant fee earners and partners to promote the TST and proactively identifying and promoting new business opportunities.
• Working with Lawyers, Paralegals and Apprentices to identify work for the sub-team and aligned groups.
• Proactively promoting new business opportunities to internal and external clients.
• Contributing to the development of the sub-team and the wider TST.
Supporting Team Leaders and Senior Managers
• Assisting in the recruitment and other processes relating to the operation of the wider Real Estate sub-team.
• Supporting with running team meetings.
• Deputising for the Team Leader
• Other ad hoc tasks as required by the sub-team.
  
  Experience of Real Estate legal work is desirable but not essential. However, applicants must be willing to build a detailed understanding of relevant processes.
• Supervisory experience and experience of defining work processes and "best practice" approaches is also desirable but not essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A clear ability to manage complex and changing workloads flexibly and efficiently.
• A strong team orientation.
An ability to juggle multiple tasks and deadlines whilst always maintaining a high attention to detail.

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