Business Development Manager

Legal Business Development Manager

Can be based North East or Yorkshire

Business Development Manager Can be based in North East or Yorkshire

The successful candidate will ideally have a Legal background and experience working in a Legal environment.

Main responsibilities:-

• Help to define and promote the unique profile of the firm in the market, as being both international and independent

• Provide strategic BD advice to law firm leadership, practice groups, and partners focused on expanding relationships with existing clients, generating new business leads, and developing new projects and initiatives

• Align practices and offices and bring them closer together through defining and co-ordinating BD activities

• Assist practice groups and partners in the development and implementation of BD plans, and in tracking progress against objectives

• Understand key developments that shape the clients’ industries and the legal profession and share insights internally

• Manage the development of client-specific pitch materials

• Plan and support business development events, including seminars, webinars, and dinners

• Develop marketing and external communications programmes

• Manage and coordinate the firm’s website, newsletters, brochures, and other external communication channels

• Oversee and assist with the production of marketing materials

Residential Conveyancer

Residential Conveyancer Sunderland

Prestiogious North East Sunderland based Law Firm are currently looking to recuit an experienced Conveyancer the successful candidate will be confident in running their own caseload alone from start to finish.

Main Responsibilities:-

Perform fee earning work accurately, reliably and in accordance with the firm’s quality and risk management procedures.
Ensure proper control of work in progress, billing and cash collection.
Attendance at most or all partnership and other office or departmental meetings, leading by example with contributions made at and subsequent to such events.
Acceptance of need for collective responsibility and confidentiality: partner disagreements should not be disclosed to staff and confidential practice matters must be safeguarded.
Provide leadership and supervision to all staff that they oversee or supervise, whether on an office or departmental basis. All partners should provide direction and encouragement to staff and should be careful to support the practice line on issues. Cabinet responsibility should apply.
Be effective in developing new work from existing clients and seek new clients for themselves and others. Will develop and support marketing initiatives.
Maintain and nurture an appropriate network of contacts and referrers and endeavour to promote the firm in their professional and personal lives. 9. Gain or maintain IT skills appropriate to modern legal practice, such as ability to send, forward and respond to e-mails with or without attachments, conduct research on internet and ensure proper filing of all data. 10. Understand the main uses and applications of the office telephone system – e.g. be able to reroute calls, set up conference calls, etc.

Excellent opportunity with leading North East firm this position is also immediately available.

Conveyancer

Residential Conveyancer Sunderland

The successful candidate must be able to run theior own 360 caseload from start to finish unsupervised.

Main Responsibilities;-

Perform fee earning work accurately, reliably and in accordance with the firm’s quality and risk management procedures.
Ensure proper control of work in progress, billing and cash collection.
Attendance at most or all partnership and other office or departmental meetings, leading by example with contributions made at and subsequent to such events.
Acceptance of need for collective responsibility and confidentiality: partner disagreements should not be disclosed to staff and confidential practice matters must be safeguarded.
Provide leadership and supervision to all staff that they oversee or supervise, whether on an office or departmental basis. All partners should provide direction and encouragement to staff and should be careful to support the practice line on issues. Cabinet responsibility should apply.
Be effective in developing new work from existing clients and seek new clients for themselves and others. Will develop and support marketing initiatives.
Maintain and nurture an appropriate network of contacts and referrers and endeavour to promote the firm in their professional and personal lives.
Gain or maintain IT skills appropriate to modern legal practice, such as ability to send, forward and respond to e-mails with or without attachments, conduct research on internet and ensure proper filing of all data.

Conveyancer

Residential Conveyancing Fee Earner Gateshead or Newcastle 25K-32k

The main responsibilities of this role will include:-

• To manage an agreed caseload of clients, providing appropriate advice and assistance in accordance with professional standards and internal quality requirements.

• To process cases on a timely and cost effective basis.

• To ensure that billing takes place promptly and that outstanding balances are collected as soon as feasible.

• To develop and maintain good client and commercial contact relationships and enhance the firm’s client base by effective liaison with existing clients, agents and introducers.

• To achieve all individual new business, financial and completion targets.

• To maximize the firm’s potential to cross – sell services by identifying appropriate opportunities.

• To use the correct procedures and systems in order to manage cases effectively and in accordance with the firm’s standards and legal requirements.

• To manage own work allocation, productivity and quality of work with minimum supervision.

Excellent opportunity to join a leading North East Law Firm and work with some of the leaders within the North East Legal world.

Salary range completely dependant on candidates level of experience.