Civil Barrister's Clerk (Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence) - #2179706

Permanent, Full Time

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 5:30pm (1-hour lunch)

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

Benefits: contributory pension scheme, private healthcare and cash plan, group life policy, enhanced maternity pay.

We are looking for an experienced barristers’ clerk, ideally experienced in clerking Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence cases, to join our Manchester-based clerking team in this role. While based in Manchester, you will support our civil practice barristers across our other locations, working with colleagues in our clerking teams to ensure the delivery of a smooth and comprehensive clerking service to all practitioners in the team and their clients.

At this level we are looking for clerks with a good foundation of knowledge and competence in the main aspects of barristers’ diary management and fee negotiation, ideally but not essentially in this area of law. We offer a structured career pathway for clerks, guiding your development and providing opportunities to progress to a Senior Clerk position. For this role we would like to employ a skilled level clerk, with the ability and ambition to deliver excellent diary clerking services and to grow in the role. You will benefit from an environment where you can grow your knowledge and experience amongst a team of experienced clerks.

This is a great opportunity to join a large, professionally run and successful barristers’ chambers, where you can have a big impact and continue to develop your clerking skills and experience to further your career.

We offer a friendly and sociable team environment, with excellent management support, a competitive salary and benefits package and excellent opportunities for peer support and career development.

To apply for this role, please click on the Apply link here to complete the application form and submit your CV.

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

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