Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide and are currently ranked 70 out of more than 10,000 law firms. We have a 5-star rating on Trustpilot from over 7,000 reviews, which coming from our clients means a lot to us. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is the core of our business.
The role
Training plays a huge part in the development of our solicitors; we believe every lawyer has the potential to be a partner. We therefore provide in-depth training programmes to all staff. From induction training as soon as they join us, our graduate scheme (specifically designed for new lawyers), our regular training for existing staff and various other development programmes.
Responsibilities
- Be collaborative in training, coaching and mentoring legal graduates
- Deliver a programme of continuous training to existing staff in line with identified training requirements and newly introduced legal changes.
- Deliver training and guidance on the use of Proclaim to aid case management and strategic performance of junior fee earners.
- Help with the delivery of our graduate scheme
- Identify training needs through working with Senior Management and HR.
- Attend training meetings with HR and Head of Professional Support as requested, and report on current projects and issues.
- Participate in department meetings to understand business and user needs.
- To deliver systems improvements and training.
- Design, develop and update training materials to reinforce and embed delivered training.
- Design and create training content for our Learning Management System (LMS) and blended learning programs.
- Monitor the feedback given on courses and make relevant changes.
- Maintain the training records as to attendance.
- Help embed the agreed standard of the company e.g. case progression, standards and tactics of litigation, weekly supervision and enforcing our Service Promises.
- Assist with marketing externally by providing commentary on legal updates and drafting articles.
- Keep abreast of significant legal changes and familiarise yourself with them to ensure you can suggest policy changes to maintain the firm’s profitability.
Person specification
- A legal graduate with a minimum of 12 months demonstrable experience within personal injury.
- You must have case handling experience from cradle to grave.
- Strong IT Skills
- Able to present information to others in a clear and concise manner.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Organisational skills and the ability to plan ahead and manage time.
- The ability to encourage and motivate people.
- Ability to tailor training packages to the level of the trainee group or individual as necessary.
- An aptitude for learning new systems and processes quickly
Salary hours
- Salary up to £30,000, dependent on experience
- Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.
