Manager of Administration
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Role summary
Manages, directs, or supervises staff and the effective administration of the Legal Department. Manages preparation of the financial aspects of the law department budget, ongoing financial analysis, coordination of staffing plans, and other administrative processes with their corresponding corporate functions. Manages one or more of the following sub-functions: legal budget development and monitoring, systems administration, law library, and records management amongst others. May serve as a primary intermediary with other corporate staff functions such as Human Resources, IT, and Finance on issues related to the ongoing management, administration and staffing of the law department. Typically, not a lawyer and may have a degree in general business or in finance. Note: most likely found in larger law departments.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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