Reporting to: Senior Public Law & Social Welfare Practice Manager
Garden Court Chambers is a large and dynamic Barristers’ Chambers with a dedicated team of staff who provide the clerking, financial, marketing and administrative support for over 190 barristers. We are a diverse set, specialising in all aspects of human rights and social welfare law, including crime, family law, housing, immigration, and civil law. We are based in a listed in Carmelite Street, close to Blackfriars tube station.
We now have a vacancy within our Clerking Team – Team Assistant to Public Law & Social Welfare and Immigration Teams . This is a full time role.
This is a new role created to assist our growing Public Law & Social Welfare and Immigration teams. We are looking for an ambitious team player and self starter to join our busy and friendly teams. This role offers a great opportunity for progression
General Duties
- Assisting Practice Mangers and Deputy Practice Managers of the teams in arranging and booking cases, conferences and meetings, involving liaising with professional clients and courts via email and telephone
- Assisting Practice Mangers and Deputy Practice Managers of the teams in diary management, including contacting barristers to ensure they are aware of their commitments.
- Assisting Practice Managers and Deputy Practice Managers of the teams in preparation for documents for Practice Review Meetings when necessary
- Liaising with Reprographics team to ensure arrangements are made for relevant papers to be copied, scanned and delivered to court and other chambers
- Liaising with Reprographics team to ensure arrangements are made for assistance to barristers in going to court and returning.
Person Specification
- Minimum 5 GCSEs, including Maths and English at level 6 or above
- Minimum of two years clerking experience preferably civil law areas
- Good attention to detail
- Good organisation skills to ensure case administration is accurate and up to date
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactive and willing to take initiative
- Professional attitude with good client relationship building skills
- Good team player
- Excellent telephone manner
Salary, Benefits and Terms and Conditions
- This full time role attracts a salary of £30,000 pa
- Working hours are 9.00-17.30 or 9.30-18.00 Monday to Friday with one hour for lunch
- Annual leave is 25 days pa, excluding Bank Holidays but including the three days leave between Christmas and New Year
- Additional leave day for birthday
- Additional day leave after every full two years of service up to maximum of 30 days pa
- Hybrid working (three days in the office and two at home per week) after three months of employment.
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Death in Service benefit
- Daily fruit provided
- Monthly staff lunch provided
- Other wellbeing initiatives
- Successful applicant will be required to sign an undertaking of confidentiality
HOW TO APPLY
Please send CV and two page cover letter setting out how your experience matches the requirement of the Job Description to Dylan Shepherd at dylans@gclaw.co.uk by Monday 28 July at 4 pm.
Can we ask that you please also complete our equal opportunities form which can be found on our website here.
Garden Court is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination and to encouraging diversity. Applications from ethnic minority and women candidates are particularly welcome. We seek to operate a fair recruitment process.
