DLA Piper

Resource Manager

DLA Piper

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Be accountable for the successful delivery of resourcing requests in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Monitor current and anticipated activity levels, capacity and matter staffing; and help smooth utilisation levels where required.
  • Work with lawyers to help ensure work is aligned to individual associate development needs and interests where possible.
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders within the practice group, at all levels including Partners and Business Services leads, acting as a trusted advisor.
  • Manage resourcing data, generate insights and assist with resourcing decisions.
  • Provide forecast and actual utilisation and availability reports and other management information, as required.
  • Oversee analysis of business forecasting e.g., chargeable hours, utilisation, and proactively drive resourcing decisions.
  • Understand and maintain knowledge of individual skills, development needs, experiences and personal / professional aspirations and apply this knowledge in resourcing decisions.
  • Support the ongoing development of the resourcing framework and implementation of the concept across the firm as part of the overall Resourcing strategy.
  • Collaborating with other areas of the business and promoting Service Delivery offerings, such as, Legal Delivery Centre.
  • Proactivity in seeking opportunities to further promote and enhance the resourcing framework.
  • Contribute to conversations surrounding innovations to the framework including new solutions being discussed with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Input into the strategic development of resource management firmwide, meeting RM specific KPIs

Requirements

  • Strong experience of dealing with resource allocation, ideally within a professional services environment.
  • Able to handle multiple priorities, working to sometimes conflicting timescales in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
  • Take a proactive approach to improving the RM function and independently drive forward new, innovative initiatives.
  • Ability to respond to change and bring others along the change journey.
  • Able to build trust and rapport to develop effective relationships.
  • Able to learn the language of the business and apply this to resourcing conversations.
  • Resilient and pragmatic with strong commercial acumen.
  • Experience of working with financial systems.
  • Ability to influence and promote change in line with strategy.
  • Ability to commercially articulate the impact of resource management.
Benefits
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible working arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
resource allocationdata managementbusiness forecastingutilisation reportingchargeable hours analysisresourcing framework developmentKPI managementfinancial systems experience
Soft Skills
relationship buildingproactive approachchange managementtrust and rapportresiliencecommercial acumeninfluencing skillsability to handle multiple priorities