Addressare a leading personal injury and class actions law firm where every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we are people caring for people.
Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including an extra week of annual leave, 18 weeks paid parental leave, extra-long service leave together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.
We are also pleased to let you know that Slater + Gordon were ranked in the Top 25 Attraction Firms in the annual Lawyers Weekly Legal Firm of Choice Survey for 2023-24.
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Diversity + Inclusion
S+G is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. S+G is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes. We understand that everyone has different needs. If you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process please let us know in your application.
What are we looking for?
An exciting opportunity is now available for a Practice Leader to join our well-established National Medical Law team in Perth. We are now seeking a specialised Personal Injury Lawyer with proven post admission experience on a full time permanent basis.
The role of Practice Leader Legal Counsel at Slater and Gordon is responsible for supporting their Head of Practice to jointly achieve business-unit strategy and deliver their group’s operational, financial, client and people targets. Together with responsibility for consistently and effectively supervising and managing a team and/or office group, supporting the growth of their practice group through the pursuit of sustainable business development opportunities and managing a complex file-load.
The primary focus of the role is supporting strategic thinking, delivering strong financial and operational performance, leading and building a high performing team, including by ensuring compliance with Slater and Gordon’s Supervision Model and driving employee engagement, and assisting with complex files and client management issues. This includes developing in others strong leadership capability, legal expertise, case management skills and client conversion and other learning and development initiatives as required.
As a senior leader you will be responsible for the following:
Overview
People Leadership
Role model:
Support to Head of Practice:
Mastering Legal Expertise, Client Experience & Supervision
Running our Business
Growing our Business
Other
What will you bring?
It is imperative that as a Practice Leader with our firm, you will be required to make regular complex decisions that will impact directly on your matters, but in consultation with your direct manager and wider practice managers, will assist in the development of the practice group. You will also bring the following skills and attributes:
What next?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Slater + Gordon. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
