Civil Litigation Leader

2 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeLeadership Full time $180,000 - $250,000
Job Description:

Avant Law seeks a Legal Team Manager or Special Counsel to join its Civil Practice Team in Melbourne.

The ideal candidate will have experience in managing and/or supervising medical defendant lawyers and a genuine interest in mentoring the next generation of lawyers in this specialised area of law.

This is an opportunity for an experienced medical defence litigation lawyer to progress their career and lead Avant Law's Civil Practice Team, conducting own civil file load and managing the civil litigation team in accordance with KPIs, ensuring billing targets are met and high-quality legal services are provided by the civil team.

  • Provision and supervision of lawyers with a range of PQE experience to deliver sustainable, timely, and efficient legal services;
  • Coordination of resourcing and workflows within the civil team and ensuring the management of claims in accordance with agreed protocols, standards, and procedures;
  • Supervision, mentoring, and development of the civil team (lawyers and paralegals) to enable career development for staff within the Avant Law team;
  • Advising and supporting the Head of Practice, Legal, and as appropriate the Head of Avant Law and General Manager Civil on State legal trends, issues, reforms, significant cases, and other developments relevant to the Practice Group.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
  • 10+ years' PQE ideal;
  • Experience in leadership or strong interest in the development of people leadership skills;
  • Defence medical negligence and insurance law experience ideal;
  • Demonstrated health law knowledge;
  • Proactive in developing relationships and understanding and balancing member, business, and team requirements;
  • Strong time management and multi-tasking skills.
Benefits:
  • Working for Australia's largest specialist medico-legal law firm;
  • Guaranteed pipeline of work from instructing client, Avant Insurance;
  • Event-based billing (goodbye to 6-minute units and daily billable targets);
  • Working on a great variety and breadth of cases but with a focus on medical indemnity claims;
  • Working in an open and collaborative environment with access to top specialist medico-legal solicitors in the country.
Others:

Avant is Australia's leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years. As a mutual organisation owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do.

We prefer to deal with candidates directly. For further information on this role, please contact Lisa Craddock, Talent Acquisition Business Partner, for a confidential discussion.

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