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About the Role

The Senior Resource Manager will act as a trusted advisor to the Practice Area Management Team, providing guidance to support effective resource management and optimizing lawyer allocation to maximize profitability and personal development.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor to Partners regarding workflow planning and resourcing, attending Partner meetings to offer strategic advice and discuss pipeline and trends.
• Ensure optimal work allocation and efficient staff deployment to maximize profitability, including cross-deployment of resources across practice areas and jurisdictions.
• Ensure fair allocations across different teams, adapting approaches to suit varied working styles and product specialisms.
• Identify appropriate workloads for associates and trainees, incorporating individual preferences and development goals.
• Provide career development, experience, and interest alignment advice to fee earners through regular 1:1 meetings and data capture.
• Identify and implement solutions for over/under capacity by promoting cross-deployment of resources.
• Ensure TOIL, holidays, administration time, and non-chargeable duties are included in planning.
• Provide forecast and utilization reports to the PAL and Partner group, plus ad hoc reports.
• Ensure the overall resourcing view is accurate and up-to-date, producing timely and targeted management information.
• Promote lower cost resourcing options by highlighting relevant skills, experience, and cost savings through alternative resource models.
• Pass on feedback on associates' performance obtained during work allocation to the HR manager.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to new trainee intakes every six months and attend individual meetings as required.
• Contribute to Diversity & Inclusion objectives through sharing insights, information, and assisting with relevant projects.
• Collaborate with Business Professional teams on resource management projects, such as AI exploration.
• Ensure a high level of pastoral care for lawyers and trainees, undergoing relevant training.
• Embrace practice area culture to determine appropriate solutions while considering firm-wide requirements.
• Be commercially minded with the ability to effect positive change in a global organization.
• Be a strong team player, sharing and adopting best practices for standardization.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing high volumes of urgent actions while maintaining accuracy and focus, ideally gained within a large, fast-paced commercial environment.
• Experience working with a broad range of stakeholders, confidently balancing competing priorities to deliver effective outcomes.
• Experience of professional career development/training or similar experience gained within a law firm with a solid understanding and appreciation of the skills and personal attributes of lawyers.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution experience.
• Excellent IT skills including thorough working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook, and experience conducting online research.
• An understanding of financial fundamentals and how law firms operate would be highly beneficial.

Skills

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with confidence to various stakeholders.
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence key stakeholders and balance differing priorities.
• Proactive and effective problem-solver with the ability to work autonomously.
• Sound judgment to make effective decisions in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Comfortable having sensitive/tough conversations with lawyers and senior management.
• Ability to adapt communication, influencing, and negotiation techniques for diverse working styles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to liaise at all levels and build strong stakeholder relationships.
• Genuine care for people's development and success in a high-performing commercial context.
• Accurate worker with high attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Commercially minded with demonstrable ability to effect positive change in a global organization.
• Strong team player, sharing and adopting best practices.

Location

• London

Work Type

• Hybrid working

Experience Level

• Senior

Benefits

• Varied opportunities for continuous growth and development (formal training, informal coaching, mentoring, skills-based, technical training, on-the-job learning).
• Access to a broad range of benefits supporting personal and professional life (financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, family-friendly benefits).

About the Company

• One of the largest international law firms globally with over 30 offices worldwide.
• Strives to exceed client expectations by providing high-quality advice and legal insight, combining global standards with local expertise.
• Offers a truly international perspective with a presence across jurisdictions, cultures, and languages.
• Fosters an inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work, believing every career should be rewarding and stimulating.
• Focuses on targeted growth led by client needs, supporting clients across key sectors and geographies with extensive expertise.
• Serves clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organizations with world-class service.
• Employs an entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach across all teams.
• Provides an innovative, diverse, and ambitious team environment where bright minds and the best colleagues meet.

Equal Opportunity

• Committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.
• This commitment applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer, and all other aspects of employment.
• Has a variety of flourishing employee networks for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change.
• Aims to deliver equality of opportunity, equality of aspiration, and equality of experience to everyone who works in the firm.