Head of Legal Practice

Head of Legal Practice (HoLP)A Real Estate Group is looking for a Head of Legal Practice to help set up and grow their own Solicitors firm to enable them to be able to complete their all-round service they look to provide through their Tech platform, they are looking to grow quickly and become a national firm. For this role they are looking for a qualified solicitor who has previous experience of working within compliance and risk function within a law/solicitors firm.A Tech Real Estate group is looking to provide its clients with an all-round service. The Group is already established with estate agents, surveyors, mortgage brokers and home removal companies and now looking to complete the whole service with its own solicitors’ firm. The Group is at the pinacol of technology looking to speed the whole home moving process in the most efficient way possible.ResponsibilitiesResponsible for ensuring the overall compliance with the terms and conditions of the firms CLC authorisation.Update where necessary all internal compliance policies and the overall Compliance Plan, incorporating any changes into the firm’s procedures as well as being responsible for effectively disseminating such procedures on a firm-wide basis.Responsible for keeping abreast of all regulatory and other compliance changes, training staff on compliance and client facing quality of service to ensure service levels are met.You will be reporting directly with the firm’s Head of Conveyancing and Directors on matters of compliance and internal policy creation and providing regular reports on the status of the firms compliance arrangements. They will also oversee and sign off all lead generation and service advertisements to ensure all relevant CLC marketing requirements are met.The above is not an exhaustive list and in the role of HOLP you will be expected to understand other areas of compliance such as the firms training and CPD obligations, money laundering, data protection and solicitors accounts rules procedures.CharacteristicsMy Client is looking for a dynamic “people person” who is technically and legally astute and capable of problem solving and thinking outside the box to ensure the ongoing compliance health of the firm.Who is capable of delivering presentations to staff as well as providing comprehensive reporting to the Management Team of the Group. Someone that is approachable and able to work well with others to create a collaborative and nurturing work environment.Job requirementsMust be a qualified solicitor, chartered legal executive or licenced conveyancer of at least 6 years PQE.Hybrid working out of either there Norwich or Derby offices.Must have had at least two years in a compliance role working in a legal practice dealing with:Client complaintsKYC and money laundering procedures.Overseeing and ensuring compliance of firms regulatory requirements to ensure firms ongoing SRA authorisationConsideration of client care documentation and firm terms and conditions to ensure compliance with relevant rulesUnderstanding of transparency rulesCompliant advertising and lead generation.Firm wide risk assessments.In house regulatory trainingDevising and implementing internal compliance failure reporting processes.