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CMS

Supervisor, Legal Services Unit – 9 Month FTC

CMS

Supervisor leading a team of legal professionals on a high-volume utility client project. Overseeing operations and ensuring quality across real estate legal matters.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeSheffield • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong technical knowledge of Real Estate transactions and effective People Management skills, ensuring quality assurance and timely progress of matters while supporting team development and stakeholder communication.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Real Estate ExperiencePeople ManagementQuality AssuranceStakeholder ManagementTime Management

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Hard Skills
Real Estate TransactionsMatter ManagementFinancial ManagementData Room ManagementQuality Control
Soft Skills
Attention to DetailCommunicationProactive ApproachCollaborationCoaching
Tools & Technologies
Online TrackersTime Recording Systems
Industry Keywords
Commercial LawLegal EnvironmentClient ManagementRecruitment Activities

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Review and allocation of incoming instructions from the client, including tracking and mapping the team's capacity and capabilities to ensure work is allocated appropriately.
  • Tracking progress to ensure deadlines are met, answering questions from the team and liaising with instructing lawyers to keep them updated on matter progress.
  • Providing first-line supervision and quality assurance across the workstream, ensuring matters are progressed consistently and in line with client expectations and service levels.
  • Working with data rooms and online trackers to ensure they are accurately maintained and matters are progressed in a timely manner.
  • Ensuring all conflict requests and matter opening requests are dealt with promptly.
  • Attending weekly client update calls.
  • Assisting with recruitment activities, including interviewing candidates and supporting new starter processes.
  • People management of a sub-team of paralegals, including onboarding new team members, approving holidays, monitoring sickness absence, providing feedback, identifying and implementing training needs, and conducting annual appraisals.
  • Financial management and reporting, including reviewing team time recording, managing balances and supporting WIP processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • At least 2 years' Real Estate experience, ideally gained within a commercial law firm or in-house legal environment.
  • Strong technical knowledge of real estate transactions and the ability to provide guidance, coaching and oversight within a high-volume delivery environment.
  • A genuine interest in developing and supporting others.
  • Previous supervisory experience is advantageous but not essential.
  • Excellent attention to detail, with a thorough and quality-focused approach.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work with colleagues at all levels, including Partners, Associates and clients.
  • Strong time management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
  • Strong IT and matter management skills.
  • An enthusiastic, proactive and collaborative approach.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
  • Flexible, hybrid working policy
  • Generous bonus scheme
  • Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
  • Holiday exchange scheme
  • Private medical insurance
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.