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Lead) Civil Barristers’ Clerk, Liverpool

Salary range: depending on skills and experience either Level 2 (Skilled) - £27,000 - £32,000 or Level 3 (Expert) £32,000 - £45,000.

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 a confident and competent barristers’ clerk, ideally experienced in clerking Civil Law practices, to join our Liverpool-based clerking team in this role. Working with colleagues in our wider Civil clerking team, you will be a go-to clerk for our Civil practice barristers in Liverpool, servicing a wide range of work and clients in the City and the surrounding area. You will work with the wider clerking teams across our five sites, 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 sound knowledge and competence in all aspects of diary management and fee negotiation, ideally but not essentially in this area of law. We operate a 5-step job family for clerks, guiding your development with St John’s Buildings up to Senior Clerk. For this role we would like to employ a skilled or expert level clerk, with the ability and ambition to deliver excellent diary clerking services and to become involved in practice and business development in Liverpool and the surrounding area. 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, with over 40 clerking roles across our four sites, excellent opportunities for peer support and career development.

A full job description and person specification for the role is linked below.

Please feel free to contact Chris Shaw, Group Senior Civil Clerk on (phone number removed) or Scott Baldwin, Liverpool Senior Clerk on (phone number removed) if you would like to discuss the role.

To apply for this role, please click on the Apply link, 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