Bevan Brittan LLP
Team Leader Business Support Services
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Housing Management Team Leader
Housing is one of Bevan Brittan's core markets. Our Housing Management team of lawyers advise housing associations and increasingly provides legal services to a range of other organisations including local authorities, care providers, the NHS, universities and charities.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Team Leader to join us and manage the Business Support Services Housing Management team in our Leeds office. In this role, you will lead, develop and coach the team. You will also build excellent relationships with our lawyers in the Housing Management team, with the aim of delivering an outstanding administrative support service to the firm.
The working hours are 36.25 hours per week Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. Our office is based in central Leeds, and this role offers hybrid working.
Occasionally, you may be required to travel to our other offices in Birmingham, Bristol and London.
Main Responsibilities
- Oversee the day to day running of the team
- Build relationships with our lawyers to understand the work and proactively prioritise tasks
- Encourage an excellent customer service environment, ensuring that our processes reflect this
- Coach and develop the team, including performance reviews, setting objectives and regular one to ones
- Recruit and train new team members
- Work closely with the Business Support Services Manager, Operations Manager and HR to develop policies and procedures relating to operational processes, compliance, performance and attendance
- Identify opportunities for improvement, to ensure we operate efficiently and in line with best practice
- Play an active role in supporting business change taking place across the firm, and participate in relevant projects
- Ensure equipment is properly maintained
- Have a working knowledge of health and safety and compliance requirements
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What we're looking for from you
- Managerial experience within a professional environment
- Fair and supportive management style
- Effective and professional communicator at all levels, both written and verbal
- Able to build strong working relationships with the team and wider firm
- Self-motivated, with the ability to lead by example
- Ability to manage and support change
- Excellent attention to detail
- Knowledge of administrative processes such as printing, scanning, electronic filing and post
- An individual whose professional values and behaviours align with Bevan Brittan's values and organisational culture
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Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm. Explore our markets and services here.
We are highly ranked across the legal directories and our 2024/25 financial results confirmed twelve years of consecutive growth.
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We support our people to be their best and, through our hybrid working model, we offer the flexibility to work your week in a way that suits you.
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