Operational Risk Management:
- Play an active part in managing operational risk under the framework
- Ensuring teamscomply withTLT's risk frameworks,policiesand procedures.
- Ensuring teamscomply withregulatory and industry frameworks,policiesand procedures.
- Ensuring teamscomply withquality standards and client contractual requirements.
- Team Leadership:
- Manage performance of teams and colleagues.
- Development of individuals within team
- Monitor employee performance and provide feedback
- Conduct performance evaluations and appraisals
- Motivate and coach team creating goals at both levels
- Address employee concerns and resolve issues
- Resource Management:
- Manage team recruitment processes to ensure the recruitment strategy is achieved
- Allocate resources effectively to meet operational needs and priorities
- Oversee the allocation and utilisation of resources to maximise productivity.
- Manage teams’ recruitment budgets and financial resources effectively.
- Stay close to recruitment activity to ensure that right candidates being hired, those with the necessary skills and alignment with TLT’s values.
- Oversee onboarding and orientation programs for new hires.
- Escalate urgent and critical resourcing needs and decisions appropriately
- Performance Management:
- Set performance goals andobjectivesfor First Line Managers and their teams.
- Conduct regular Connections and Quarterly Conversations, providing feedback and identifyingtraining/development needs, to ensure goals andobjectivesare met.
- Implement performance improvement plans as needed.
- Monitor team and delivery of KPIs
- Analyse the team's performance data
- Identifyareas for improvement and implement initiatives
- People Policy:
- Foster a positive and inclusive work environment within team and across the Operations team
- Ensure teamcomplies withemployment laws and regulations.
- Supported by HR, address employeegrievancesand disciplinary issues.
- Culture and Coaching:
- Ensure team aligned with TLT’s values and culture
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within team
- Provide coaching and mentorship to First Line Managers to enhance their skills and career development
- Promote teamwork and collaboration within the team
- Training:
- Identifytraining needs and develop training programs for the team.
- Oversee the deployment of training initiatives.
- Drive necessary adjustments to improve effectiveness of training programs.
Your Skills and Experience
You will be/have:
- Experience in operations, including workforce planning and budget management in a regulated environment (ideally gained in a law firm or in financial services).
- Experience in supervising or leading a team
- A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered). This is ideal, not essential.
- A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines
- Commercially aware, with experience of managing client relationships
- Develop a deep understanding of your client’s business needs, and act in the best interest of the firm and the client
- Contribute to our collaborative culture, with an ambition to assist in the development of junior team members.
Your Team
Operating from our offices in Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast, we have specialist expertise in each UK jurisdiction. We act for banks, building societies, other secured lenders and third party services. Whatever the size of mortgage portfolio, we adapt our processes to deliver the best outcome for the lender and their customer. Our approach ensures that all customers are treated fairly, and vulnerability is identified and handled appropriately.
Our Benefits
We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of our clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.
TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any of the characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on HR-Recruitment@TLTsolicitors.com