Legal Operations Manager (Probate)

Legal Operations Manager (Probate)
3 Month Fixed-Term Contract
Berkshire

A growing professional services business operating in a regulated environment is seeking a Senior Legal Operations Manager on a 3-month fixed-term contract. This role sits within a probate-focused service function and will take ownership of improving operational delivery, efficiency, and scalability during a period of growth and transformation.

The Role

You will lead operational performance across probate case management, focusing on improving processes, turnaround times, and service quality.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and improve scalable probate operating processes
• Lead and support a team of probate case managers
• Improve end-to-end probate turnaround times while maintaining compliance
• Embed QA frameworks and service standards
• Use data to identify bottlenecks and drive improvements
• Work with tech/product teams on automation and process enhancements
• Provide operational reporting to senior stakeholders

Candidate Requirements

• Experience in operational leadership within probate, legal services, or regulated environments
• Strong team management experience
• Proven ability to improve processes and drive change
• Comfortable using data to inform decisions
• Probate experience is highly desirable

What’s on Offer

• 3-month FTC
• Hybrid working (3 days office-based)
• Competitive day rate/salary (DOE)
• Opportunity to support a key transformation programme in probate delivery

Confidential applications welcome.

HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Pasquale Agatiello at eNL on 020 7183 8586 or email Pasquale.agatiello@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion. eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

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