Head of Department Serious Injury Law

Head of Department Serious Injury Law

Location: Bolton/Hybrid

Join Fletchers Group as a Head of Department in Serious Injury Law

Are you ready to lead, inspire, and develop the future of Serious Injury Law (SIL)

Fletchers Group is seeking a dynamic and visionary Head of Department to lead and develop the Bolton Teams to meet the needs of our clients and deliver Fletcher’s strategies and plans for Serious Injury law department.

In return Serious Injury Law, Part of Fletchers Group can offer:                                               

• Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days’ holiday per year, until you reach the maximum long service awards which are awarded after your 5^th, 7^th, and 9^th full year of employment
• Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)
• Monthly voucher awards​for winning nominees

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Main Responsibilities:

Strategy & Leadership

• Help develop and deliver the agreed strategy and plan for your teams.
• Support the budgeting process for the department and agree budget targets for each team.
• Provide inspirational leadership to the department, including recruitment, motivation, training, and supporting team leaders and team members.
• Ensure appropriate management and allocation of new work.
• Ensure that the team provides excellent client service and achieves agreed performance targets through consistent and clear leadership, in the management of individuals KPI’s.
• Ensure the progression of all cases in the team through to settlement.

  Budget

• Manage and deliver overall budget and targets for your teams.
• Monitor and manage performance through key financial measures, including:
• Production
• Fees
• Revenue
• EBITDA

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People Management

• Lead the Serious Injury Law department, directly managing the Bolton Team Leaders.
• Coach, develop, and support Team Leaders to achieve excellent people leadership practices.
• Work collaboratively with the People Team to optimise recruitment, engagement, and retention of lawyers.
• Role model Fletchers’ Values and promote a culture of inclusion, excellence, and collaboration.

  Technical 

• Provide expert advice and guidance on departmental issues and Serious Injury matters.
• Ensure departmental policies and procedures are consistently followed, ensuring cases progress appropriately and client satisfaction is delivered.
• Work with internal and external partners to ensure the department delivers quality legal services with unrivalled client care in a compliant way.

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KPI’s/Outcome Measures:

Delivery of key output metrics, including:

• Fees, Work Done, EBITDA & EBITDAW
• Cases issued and accepted
• Accepted cases
• WIP to costs
• Client satisfaction
• Production
• Telephone statistics

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Relationships

Provides a service to:

• Clients
• Marketing Team

Receives a service from:

• Finance
• People
• Systems
• Facilities
• Client & Marketing
• Compliance
• Legal Strategy and Operations

Acts as a champion for:

• Good legal practice across all Serious Injury cases

Governance group membership:

• Heads Of

Essential Skills and Experience: 

• Experience of successfully leading Legal Team/s
• Experience of running a wide variety of Serious Injury claims
• Ability to deliver excellent client service
• A good understanding of how to deliver and grow team productivity
• Experience of coaching and supporting other lawyers and managers
• Forming and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to role model good practice leadership
• Technology literate, with the ability to use technology to enhance legal services
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to form positive working relationships with a wide variety of team members
• Strong analytical skills

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We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.

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About Fletchers Solicitors:

Fletchers is a fast-growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, we’ve evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation.

We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector.

Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We are proud to offer some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in the industry — because we understand that balance drives performance.

At Fletchers, we also value connection and collaboration. We create exciting opportunities for teams to come together and thrive. Whether you’re starting your career or aiming for leadership, you’ll find a clear path to progress and development here — from apprenticeships and professional qualifications to senior roles and Partnership.

We seek out a broad range of challenging, high-quality legal work, enabling our people to build meaningful and progressive careers. And we don’t just talk about development — we invest in it, with a significant proportion of our colleagues working towards relevant qualifications at any given time.

We reward those who help build our success and live our values. Our benefits package is designed to grow with you, offering real opportunities to share in our long-term strength. Our base pay and bonus structure is built to recognise and reward high performance.

Join us and be part of a law firm that’s not only growing, but redefining what it means to work in legal services.

More information about us can be found on our website. https://www.fletcherssolicitors.co.uk/about-us

Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce: we welcome applications from any and all backgrounds. We’re committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive, understanding and celebrating that no colleague is the same. We’re proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, and we are signing up to other diversity standards to reflect our ethos.

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