Senior Associate

6 months ago

Greater London, United Kingdom IBB Law Full time

The Education team support children, pupils and students throughout their academic journey, from primary school through to further and higher education. We cover matters such as school admission appeals, exclusions, complaints, Special Educational Needs, discrimination, academic misconduct, non-academic misconduct, issues regarding PhDs and Fitness to Practise.


Job Purpose

This role is to provide senior level assistance and support to the team leader (Consultant), and the team of solicitors in the Education team. At an operational level this role will be about working as a senior solicitor, with your own caseload, and supporting the current team of fee earners in managing the smooth running of their own case loads.


Principal Responsibilities

Provide a high-quality legal service to clients of the firm to include processing new and existing instructions, covering all aspects of education law work. The range of work is broad and will cover work from parents, in respect of their children at primary school, secondary school and independent school, through to young adults at university. You will work on matters related to:

  • School admissions
  • Discrimination
  • Disputes with Independent Schools
  • Safeguarding
  • School complaints
  • Special Educational Needs
  • School Suspensions and Exclusions
  • Transgender questioning
  • Academic Misconduct
  • Plagiarism
  • Non Academic Misconduct
  • Complaints to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator
  • Degree Classification issues
  • Fitness to Practise
  • PhD issues
  • International Students


Person Specification

Qualifications

  • Educated to degree level (with a 2:1 or above) with a strong LPC pass or equivalent and hold a current unencumbered practising certificate from the SRA.

Skills and Experiences

  • Indicatively, 4 + years post qualification experience in this area of legal work
  • Good technical grounding in this area of law.
  • Any following/ local connections (an advantage).
  • A passion for this practice area.
  • Flexible with the ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining the highest quality standards and attention to details.
  • IT literate and self-sufficient in using document management systems, MS Office and the internet as a business tool. The candidate must demonstrates a desire to embrace technology.
  • Previous experience of managing and leading people within a team; supporting junior members of the team in developing and widening their own career progression and legal experience.
  • A clear awareness of the need to develop business, with experience in marketing, demonstrating an ability to attract work and exploit opportunities.

  • Associate or Senior Associate

    1 month ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Maiden Marc Associates Full time

    Maiden Marc Associates are working with a leading retained executive search boutique with offices in London and New York to find multiple Associate to Senior Associate level profiles to join their industry-leading Financial and Professional Services teams.Focusing on operationally critical and strategically essential roles globally, the business has a long...

  • Associate or Senior Associate

    2 months ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Maiden Marc Associates Full time

    Maiden Marc Associates are working with a leading retained executive search boutique with offices in London and New York to find multiple Associate to Senior Associate level profiles to join their industry-leading Financial and Professional Services teams.Focusing on operationally critical and strategically essential roles globally, the business has a long...

  • Associate or Senior Associate

    1 month ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Maiden Marc Associates Full time

    Maiden Marc Associates are working with a leading retained executive search boutique with offices in London and New York to find multiple Associate to Senior Associate level profiles to join their industry-leading Financial and Professional Services teams.Focusing on operationally critical and strategically essential roles globally, the business has a long...

  • Associate/Senior Associate

    2 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Sigma7 Full time

    Job Description About Sigma7 Sigma7 is a dynamic new global risk information and services platform designed to enhance value by helping organizations dramatically improve the way they assess, mitigate, respond to, and recover from risk. In today’s environment of complex and interrelated risk, with emerging geopolitical, economic, environmental, and...

  • Associate/Senior Associate

    4 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Sigma7 Full time

    About Sigma7Sigma7 is a dynamic new global risk information and services platform designed to enhance value by helping organizations dramatically improve the way they assess, mitigate, respond to, and recover from risk. In today’s environment of complex and interrelated risk, with emerging geopolitical, economic, environmental, and technological threats...

  • Associate/Senior Associate

    4 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Sigma7 Full time

    About Sigma7Sigma7 is a dynamic new global risk information and services platform designed to enhance value by helping organizations dramatically improve the way they assess, mitigate, respond to, and recover from risk. In today’s environment of complex and interrelated risk, with emerging geopolitical, economic, environmental, and technological threats...

  • Associate/Senior Associate

    4 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Sigma7 Full time

    About Sigma7Sigma7 is a dynamic new global risk information and services platform designed to enhance value by helping organizations dramatically improve the way they assess, mitigate, respond to, and recover from risk. In today’s environment of complex and interrelated risk, with emerging geopolitical, economic, environmental, and technological threats...

  • Associate or Senior Associate

    4 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Maiden Marc Associates Full time

    Job Description Maiden Marc Associates are working with a leading retained executive search boutique with offices in London and New York to find multiple Associate to Senior Associate level profiles to join their industry-leading Financial and Professional Services teams. Focusing on operationally critical and strategically essential roles globally, the...

  • Associate/senior Associate

    6 months ago

    London, United Kingdom Jobs Advertiser Full time

    **Associate/Senior Associate | London | 40 hours per week, 5 days per week | 9:15am-6:15pm |** **Associate £28,000 (during contract period) and £36,000 (upon regularisation) | Senior Associate £38,000 (during contract period) and £45,000 (upon regularisation)** Our client is a premier Indian Public Sector Bank, with a Global presence in 17...

  • Senior Associate

    4 weeks ago

    London, Greater London, United Kingdom ION Full time

    Role Overview:We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Associate to join our London-based team at Blackpeak, expanding our EMEA practice. As a Senior Associate, you will play a crucial role in supporting our clients' due diligence and business intelligence needs through full-cycle case management, outstanding research, and coaching other researchers.

  • Senior Sales Associate

    2 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Known Source Full time

    Job Description Location: Westfield Stratford Company: Known Source About Us: Known Source is a grassroots platform of curated second hand fashion dealers. We exist to make it easy for people to discover quality clothing and continue its life. Our vision is to help create a World in which every piece of clothing lives multiple lives. We are at an...

  • Senior Sales Associate

    2 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Known Source Full time

    Location: Westfield StratfordCompany: Known SourceAbout Us: Known Source is a grassroots platform of curated second hand fashion dealers. We exist to make it easy for people to discover quality clothing and continue its life. Our vision is to help create a World in which every piece of clothing lives multiple lives.We are at an exciting stage in our journey!...

  • Executive Search

    3 months ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Carlin Hall Full time

    My client, an executive search firm based in Central London, requires a Senior Associate to work closely with clients and candidates, delivering retained C-level mandates into Industrial clients organisations won by two highly successful Partners.Play an integral role in the delivery of mandates in North America, Europe and AfricaSupporting a Client Partner...

  • Executive Search

    3 months ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Carlin Hall Full time

    My client, an executive search firm based in Central London, requires a Senior Associate to work closely with clients and candidates, delivering retained C-level mandates into Industrial clients organisations won by two highly successful Partners.Play an integral role in the delivery of mandates in North America, Europe and AfricaSupporting a Client Partner...

  • Executive Search

    3 months ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Carlin Hall Full time

    My client, an executive search firm based in Central London, requires a Senior Associate to work closely with clients and candidates, delivering retained C-level mandates into Industrial clients organisations won by two highly successful Partners.Play an integral role in the delivery of mandates in North America, Europe and AfricaSupporting a Client Partner...

  • Executive Search

    2 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Carlin Hall Full time

    Job Description My client, an executive search firm based in Central London, requires a Senior Associate to work closely with clients and candidates, delivering retained C-level mandates into Industrial clients organisations won by two highly successful Partners. Play an integral role in the delivery of mandates in North America, Europe and Africa...

  • Legal Associate or Senior Associate

    1 month ago

    London, Greater London, United Kingdom lhh recruitment Full time

    We are seeking a highly skilled Legal Associate or Senior Associate to join our team at LHH Recruitment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in commercial law and be able to provide high-quality legal services to our clients.Key Responsibilities:Assist in the search for a Private Client Associate/Senior AssociateParticipate in business...

  • Associate/senior Associate

    5 months ago

    London, United Kingdom Chadwick Nott Full time

    **JOB Title: Associate/Senior Associate - Project Finance** **LOCATION: London** **SALARY: Up to £350,000** *** **Join an Elite U.S. Law Firm's Project Finance Team as an Associate/Senior Associate** We are seeking an ambitious Project Finance Associate/Senior Associate with a minimum 3 years' post qualified experience to join a standout U.S. law firm....

  • Senior Competition Litigation Associate

    2 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Milberg London LLP Full time

    Job Description Milberg London was established in 2020 as an independent law firm focused exclusively on claimant litigation. Our partners have all previously worked at Jones Day, Freshfields, Pinsent Masons, Dechert, Clyde & Co, Paul Hastings and Mishcon de Reya over the last 15 years before establishing their own firm. We specialise in large-scale consumer...

  • Senior Competition Litigation Associate

    3 weeks ago

    Greater London, United Kingdom Milberg London LLP Full time

    Milberg London was established in 2020 as an independent law firm focused exclusively on claimant litigation. Our partners have all previously worked at Jones Day, Freshfields, Pinsent Masons, Dechert, Clyde & Co, Paul Hastings and Mishcon de Reya over the last 15 years before establishing their own firm. We specialise in large-scale consumer group actions...