Operations Lead; FTC)

• Address:
  The Lumen, St James Boulevard, Newcastle Helix Newcastle NE4 5BZ
• City:
  Newcastle

About the Firm

As a global law firm our work spans jurisdictions, cultures, and languages – and so do our people.

Our culture is collaborative and inclusive — where diverse perspectives are recognised and valued. Where performing to your highest ability, unlocks equal access to opportunities to learn, thrive and grow.

We combine deep legal expertise and commercial intelligence to grow, transform, protect, and defend our clients' businesses, across every critical moment.

We operate in the sectors and regions that matter to our clients. With forward-thinking insights and innovative, tech-enabled solutions that combine deep knowledge of their sectors and markets.

You’ll build connections and work with colleagues as one global team. You’ll unlock opportunities for clients, across borders, cultures, legal and commercial disciplines.

Join us to work with colleagues as one global team – empowering each other to be exceptional and create advantage for our clients.

The Newcastle Legal Delivery Centre

The firm currently has two Legal Delivery Centres, one in Newcastle and one in Delhi. The two centres work together to support lawyer teams across the globe.

The Newcastle Legal Delivery Centre is based in Clifford Chance 's Newcastle office. The Legal Delivery Centres play a key role in ensuring that knowledge, resources, processes, and legal technology are deployed effectively to service our clients. Our skills and expertise are widely used across the firm.

The Newcastle Legal Delivery Centre is made up of a range of practice areas which cover the Firm's Global Product Groups:

• Antitrust and Trade
• Capital Markets
• Corporate Transaction and Advisory
• Debt Finance
• Funds & Asset Management
• Private Equity
• Project Development & Finance
• Restructuring & Insolvency
• Structured Finance
• Tax, Pensions, Employment & Incentives

Job Overview

You will be responsible for a team of paralegals who work on a range of transactions. You will be required to provide supervision to the paralegals on all operational aspects of the delivery of the projects as well as occasional fee-earning to support the referring Global Product Group(“GPG”) from other CC offices. The jobholder will also be responsible for the day-to-day management of their team.

The role will be responsible for overseeing the operational aspects of establishing and managing an evening shift delivered by Newcastle Delivery Centre during the 12-month pilot period. This provides a valuable opportunity to contribute to a new service offering while developing new leadership, operational, and service management skills.

This role offers an excellent developmental opportunity to further your line management and stakeholder management experience over a range of the firm's “GPGs”.

The position will involve leading and supporting a team of paralegals working entirely remotely, including the successful candidate.

Whilst this role will be fully remote once the 15:00 to 23:00 shift becomes operational, there will be some Newcastle Office based attendance requirement during normal office hours (09:00 to 17:00) during the period of shift mobilisation (November to February). This will include, but is not limited, to role specific training and recruitment for the other team members. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for in office attendance where needed.

What you will be responsible for

The Operations Lead will be responsible for the operational delivery of a remote shift from 15:00 to 23:00, working alongside the Newcastle Delivery Centre's Operations Managers, and under the direct supervision of a Senior Operations Manager and will be responsible for a range of…