About the role

The Assistant Practice Director is responsible for assisting the functioning of the Legal and Assurance Division. The Assistant Practice Director along with the Practice Management Team provides high quality services and support to the Legal and Assurance Division in the delivery of quality legal services and assurance support to the wider department.

The Practice Management team provides a range of services to the Legal and Assurance Division, including centralised procurement and recruitment services; managing its finances and reporting functions and supports the Division in delivering a high quality and efficient legal services to the department.

About you

Responsibilities of the Executive Level 1 may include:

• Reporting to the Practice Director, you will supervise a small team to assist in ensuring delivery of high quality and efficient legal support services
• Ensuring timely delivery of legal and administrative support services including procurement, recruitment and reporting (including Office of Legal Services Coordination (OLSC) reports)
• Managing competing priorities and workloads, noting frequent ad hoc tasks arise often
• Ensuring appropriate delegation of work to Practice Management team members
• Supervising, supporting and developing staff in the Practice Management team
• In consultation with the Practice Director, plan, manage and lead divisional projects and operational services.
• Maintenance of the Delegations and Authorisations Register
• In consultation with the Practice Director, managing and maintaining divisional resources and databases, such as the Division’s SharePoint and intranet page
• In consultation with the Practice Director, develop, maintain and implement legal frameworks and strategies.

Applications

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