Staff

Team Clerk

About the Role

Team Clerk, working alongside one other colleague and under the guidance of a Team Leader.
Actively clerking a team of 17 – 19 barristers.
Competitive salary and bonus (awarded on individual performance).
25 days holiday plus all bank holidays
Benefits package including access to pension scheme, life assurance scheme, private medical and season ticket loan (after a qualifying period).
Hybrid working pattern available on successful completion of probation.

About You

You will work alongside another Team Clerk, supervised by a Team Leader, in a team of 3.
Ideally you will have 5 years’ clerking experience with at least three years’ practical diary and fee management.
In conjunction with the other Team Clerk, you will be responsible for
Managing and maintaining the diary of the members of your team;
Having an eye on all fee-related matters including keeping fee notes up to date, ensuring fees are billed in a timeous manner and being on top of upcoming brief fees;
Ensure fair allocation of work for all members;
Dealing with listing issues for members of your team;
Developing a thorough understanding of the practice of each of the members of your team and their individual aims and working in conjunction with your colleagues to help members achieve those aims;
Assisting with marketing activities and being alert to business development opportunities.
You will have a commercial and flexible attitude with the ability to work on simultaneous tasks.
You will be accurate and reliable under pressure.
You will be able to demonstrate strong client facing skills.
You will be educated to at least A Level standard or equivalent.
You will have excellent IT skills.
A knowledge of Lex will be advantageous but not a requirement as training will be given.
You will be punctual, courteous and able to communicate appropriately with members, clients and all those with whom chambers engages.
You will demonstrate a strong ethos for teamwork and the ability to work under your own initiative.
You will have a thorough understanding of equality and diversity and the importance of practising the same in all situations and towards all people.
You will have a demonstrable enthusiasm for a career in clerking.

11KBW is committed to promoting and improving equality and diversity. We believe in fairness for all and we were the first chambers to pay its staff the London Living Wage.

Our anti-racist statement is available on our webpage; we offer enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave packages, and we have an ongoing programme of training for staff and barristers on matters relating to the continued improvement of equality, diversity and inclusion within Chambers and at the Bar, as well as supporting Social Mobility initiatives. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.