POSITION: PRACTICE MANAGER
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description

• Maintaining the proper organization, management, and administration of the law firm in accordance with the best practices.
• Managing the Firm’s vendors and suppliers for the daily use in the office.
• Supporting the Firm's lawyers and non-legal staff to comply with set client deadlines and assignments.
• Encourage the Board of Partners to develop and implement strategic plans, management policies and assist in the effective flow of communications within the Firm.
• Assist the Partners to ensure that the Firm is always compliant and in regulatory good standing.
• Managing the Firm's internal communications, data privacy compliance, and maintaining and ensuring all office records.
• Prepare the Firm's budget, client invoice management and oversee the daily financial management of the Firm.
• Coordinating the recruitment of staff, identifying staff development objectives, and organizing staff trainings.
• Organizing and attending staff meetings, staff inductions and organizing staff appraisal exercises.
• Maintaining employee records and dealing with routine employee and human resource issues.
• Coordinating new client onboarding systems and client feedback monitoring and records.
• Managing the upkeep of the office environment and assets.
• Assist the Partners in identifying legal and business trends and the overall business development of the Firm
• Supervise the optimization of the Firm’s social media platforms, coordinate our submissions in legal ranking publications, corporate visibility, communications, and events.
• Attending to other duties as may be assigned.

Skills and Competencies

• Must be able to work with minimal Supervision.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Must be a proven leader and outstanding manager who can think big, inspire others and collaborate broadly to motivate teams.
• Excellent Organisational Skills

Education and Experience:
• Minimum experience 4 years post-graduation experience in similar capacity
Prior experience as practice manager or equivalent role within a professional services firm/company.
• Demonstrated understanding of the business of law, including finance, staffing models and industry trends.
Interested and qualified candidate should send their updated CV to kehinde@saphireroyalage.com .
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.