Law Clinic Manager, Full time (37.5 hours per week)

We are recruiting to the role of Law Clinic Manager to join our new group organisation, Roehampton Education Services Ltd, to deliver an ambitious new area of University strategy, driving professional education for the University through the Law Clinic. This is an exciting time to join Roehampton Education Services Ltd as we develop and grow professional, technical and vocational education.

The Role

We are seeking a qualified applicant to fill the position of Law Clinic Manager working closing with the Roehampton Law School. The Clinic has been part of Roehampton since January 2019. It is a successful, growing, and busy Clinic that provides free legal services to those in our community who would otherwise not be able to access it, whilst at the same time training our Law School student volunteers to acquire practice-based skills and knowledge.

The Law Clinic Manager will be responsible for managing day to day operations of the Clinic, including supervising the legal team and liaising with the Law School and wider University; ensuring the Clinic remains in compliance with all relevant statutory and regulatory framework; maintaining relationships with the existing partners and seeking new collaborations with partners; ensuring and managing referrals from the public and Citizens Advice Bureau; developing the Clinic policies and protocols; managing client matters and their experience. The successful candidate will have a relevant professional qualification and a background in legal practice that will lend itself to managing a law clinic.

You will be able to work positively with colleagues and have the ability to develop and lead the collaborations of the Clinic. You will also need to evidence previous managerial work experience in the legal services sector. Excellent work ethic, good communication skills and strong attention to detail are required. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic workplace both remotely and on campus. This is an expanding area of University and RESL strategy and the successful candidate will be part of a team who are key to its success.

Roehampton Education Services Limited (RESL), which is part of the University of Roehampton Group, London’s Campus University. Based on a beautiful 54-acre parkland campus in Southwest London, the University supports a wide range of students to achieve their career and educational ambitions and have an exciting and growing portfolio of professional, technical and vocational education.

You will have access to the University of Roehampton Retirement Savings Plan (URRSP), provided by Royal London.  Roehampton Education Services Limited also offers a wide range of staff benefits, which can be found here.

Further information can be found on the job description. If you would like to apply for this excellent opportunity, please click on ‘apply now’ If you have any specific questions about the role or would like an informal conversation, please contact Charlotte Gorse charlotte.gorse@roehampton.ac.uk   

RESL is committed to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion. 

The closing date for completed applications is 21 October 2024

It is expected that interviews will be held 28 October 2024

To enable us to respond to the recruitment challenges, we may interview before the closing date, so please don’t hesitate to complete and submit your application.

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