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Legal Operations Business Partner

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Posted 17 hours ago, valid for a month
Location

London, Greater London EC2V7NQ, England

Salary

£60,000 - £72,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A top 100 London firm is seeking a Legal Operations Business Partner with a salary range of £70,000 - £80,000.
  • The role requires experience in Legal Operations from a global or national law firm, focusing on enhancing working practices and implementing project management disciplines.
  • Key responsibilities include managing projects, designing training programs, and driving operational changes to improve efficiency.
  • Candidates must demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills, financial acumen, and the ability to translate objectives into tangible outputs.
  • The firm offers a hybrid working arrangement, 27 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and a variety of competitive benefits.
Legal Operations Business PartnerLondon - Hybrid£70,000 - £80,000 A fantastic, top 100 London firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an Legal Operations Business Partner to their already impressive team on a full time basis. As Legal Operations Business Partner, you will focus on identifying and implementing changes that enhance working practices, ensuring the profitable and efficient delivery of matters. The remit is broad and demanding, focusing on implementing project management disciplines to streamline operations, designing and delivering training programs to upskill teams, leading operational changes to drive efficiency, and creating bespoke solutions tailored to client needs for high satisfaction and value delivery . You will be responsible for raising awareness driving engagement with of the team's services, tracking opportunities, and ensuring the continuous improvement of delivery. Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Operations Business Partner:
  • Contribute to growth objectives and support to build Legal Ops service lines
  • Act as a senior member of the practice group operations team 
  • Responsible for end to end management of projects and matters related to your specific assigned group
  • Identify opportunities to implement LPM resources and methodologies
  • Demonstrate understanding of specific types of legal work and how to design tailored delivery solutions.
  • Identify ‘AS IS’ and ‘TO BE’ states to develop recommendations that enhance productivity and streamline delivery/processes
  • Evidence the ability to deliver change effectively and onboard stakeholders with trust and collaboration
  • Facilitate workshops to design processes and act as a change agent for projects
  • Ability to gather, analyse and derive informed insights from relevant data.
  • Define relevant KPIs and metrics to articulate value and reporting
  • Strong financial acumen to understand different financial models
  • Understand scope and functionality of legal tech to support with client solutions
  • Understand billing and time-recording systems 
  • Effectively deliver training to senior stakeholders and in-house legal teams
 Skills Required:
  • Experienced in Legal Operations from a global or national aw Firm
  • Candidates will have to demonstrate business change delivery projects experience and that they have a strong ability to translate objectives into tangible outputs
  • Those applying must exhibit strong multi-tasking abilities and maintain excellent attention to detail across various tasks
  • Exceptional stakeholder management will be expected and an ability to confidently sell the value, benefit and results of the team
  • Given the nature of the role candidates will have to demonstrate financial and commercial acumen 
  • We are a growing and dynamic team, so collaboration, a personable nature and adaptability are crucial for effective team culture
  • Degree (or equivalent)
  • PRINCE 2 (or equivalent)
  • Lean Six Sigma (or equivalent) 
  • Excellent working skills of all MS office applications, including strong Excel skills for analysis.
  • Experience of process mapping tools.
The firm are offering 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement to suit the candidate and a range of competitive benefits including Christmas Shutdown, and an annual travel allowance. If you are an experienced Legal Operations Business Partner, based in or near London, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to

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