Gatehouse Chambers’ professional staff team consists of about 25 people who provide support and assistance to our barristers and our clients. Roles include Practice Management (including practice managers, fees and administration), Chambers Management (including Marketing, Finance, IT and front of house) and Hospitality.
We also operate a Temp Panel to cover various administrative roles and you can find details of how to apply below.
We work in an open plan office and the staff team ethos at Gatehouse Chambers promotes a friendly, respectful and team oriented atmosphere. We hope that people who join our staff team also share these values.
Gatehouse Chambers is committed to its staff. We have maintained gold accreditation by Investors in People; we are Stonewall Diversity Champions and also a London Living Wage employer.
- Senior Practice Manager
We are looking to appoint up to 4 people to the positions of Senior Practice Manager on our Practice Management Team.
We are looking for people with drive, pride, wisdom and humour to join our hardworking, dynamic, ambitious, award-winning practice management team. We are looking for people who share our ethos and values, and to complement the experience and skills of our talented practice team, led by James Duncan-Hartill as Practice Director.
You will be someone with a number of years of experience of operating in a practice management/clerking role in chambers and someone who can demonstrate that they have gained the trust and confidence of barristers, clients and other staff. You will be someone who has nurtured talent of all the people around you, developed business and established long-lasting client relationships.
We recognise people bring different strengths and experiences. We are looking for excellent individuals, who will work effectively alongside our talented and diverse team.
The salary will be commensurate with someone with this level of experience.
Do you think this is you?
If you are interested, please contact CEO Amanda Illing on amanda.illing@gatehouselaw.co.uk before 6pm on Friday 21 January 2022 for further information and an application pack.
- Temporary Staff Panel Vacancies
We have a panel of temporary staff that we can call upon at a moment’s notice in times when we are in need of emergency temporary cover, when there is a gap in personnel cover, or when there are discreet projects or jobs for people to do.
Jobs can include:
- General office work including post, moving papers, photocopying, and filing
- Fee collection and debt management
- Hospitality and event management assistance
- Reception cover
- Bookkeeping and finance administration
- Assisting barristers with tidying rooms and sorting case papers
- Barristers legal admin, research, speech writing, authorities etc.
- Personal assistance to barristers including filing, book keeping and sorting personal papers
- Removals and decorating
We are keen to ensure there is a fair, open and transparent process for the appointment of people to our panel, so that when they are called upon, they have already been through an equal opportunities process.
We are particularly interested in receiving applications from people under-represented in the legal profession and from returning parents who want to enjoy the flexibility of working occasionally and part time.
If you are interested in applying to our panel, please email temp.panel@gatehouselaw.co.uk for an information pack, and selection criteria.
If you would like to speak to someone, please call Linda McGivern on +44 (0)20 7242 2523.