Junior Clerk; Crime & Regulatory

If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.

Manchester

From £25,400 Per Annum (dependent on skills and experience)

Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 5:30pm (1-hour lunch). Flexibility will be considered.

25 days per year plus Bank Holidays (rising with length of service to 30 days per year).

• Contributory pension scheme
• Private healthcare and cash plan
• Group life policy
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced maternity pay

This is a great opportunity to join one of the largest barristers’ chambers in the country and commence a career as a barrister’s clerk on the first level of our Clerks’ Job Family. The Job Family has five levels, from Junior to Senior Clerk, offering excellent long‑term personal development and career progression.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to work in an administrative and business support capacity in the legal sector, not for those wishing to practice law. It offers long‑term career prospects and development as a clerk.

As a member of our clerking team, you will provide a smooth and comprehensive clerking service to our Crime and Regulatory practising members, including careful diary management, recording of briefs and instructions, checking court listings, and dealing with email and telephone bookings and enquiries from clients. As your career progresses, you will become more involved in fee negotiation, barrister practice development and business development.

• Diary management and accurate scheduling for barristers.
• Recording briefs and instructions, and checking court listings.
• Managing email and telephone bookings and enquiries from clients.
• Assisting with fee negotiation and practice development.
• Supporting business development activities.

• Strong written and spoken communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a polite, friendly manner.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow processes carefully.
• Confidence with IT and willingness to learn.
• Ability to work well with colleagues to deliver an excellent overall service.
• Proven experience as an Office Assistant, Administrator or Clerk in a barristers’ chambers or similar legal or professional services environment.
• Experience with email and telephone liaison with professional clients.
• Confidence and experience in the use of office ICT and equipment.
• Flexible and team-oriented approach.

We offer a friendly and sociable working environment, a competitive salary and benefits package, and, with over 40 clerking roles across our five sites, excellent opportunities for peer support and career development.

We encourage swift applications and will close when we have sufficient short‑list for interview.

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