Assistant Practice Manager – Commercial and Construction (Recruiting for 2 roles)
Job type: Assistant Practice Manager - Commercial and Construction
Salary: From £35,000 per annum, excellent benefits package including discretionary bonus
Location: London
Closing date: 26/10/2026
Contract: Full time (42.5 hours per week) and permanent
The Role: Practice Manager – Commercial and Construction
Reporting to a Senior Practice Manager and working closely with one other Assistant Practice Manager, you will provide the full range of practice management and administrative support including diary and case management, as well as assisting with business development. Opportunities for professional development and career progression are excellent.
About Us: 39 Essex Chambers
39 Essex Chambers is a leading civil law barristers’ chambers with offices in London, Singapore, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur.  Chambers is made up almost 200 barristers, (including 63 King’s Counsel), along with a staff team of 53.
We work in a wide range of sectors and practice areas of law, specialising in Commercial and Construction, Planning, Environment and Property, Public Law and Civil Liability Law, throughout the UK and internationally.
In all of our work we aim to provide an excellent, efficient service to our clients, giving sound practical advice and explaining legal issues in clear terms. We are friendly, approachable and work as a team with our clients and their other professional advisers. Our members and staff are committed to equality and fairness in all aspects of their work.
Person Specification
The Person
We are looking for a candidate who has the following:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Resilient, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
- A positive and confident attitude, and committed to providing a professional and quality service.
- Strong attention to detail and good organisational skills.
- Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Confident in using Microsoft Office Suite.
- An interest in developing a career in professional legal support services or similar.
- Previous experience as a junior clerk or other relevant suitable experience (desirable).
- 3 A-level qualifications equivalent, or relevant degree standard qualification (desirable).
Please see full personal specification for the role here.
Contract Terms And Benefits
What Chambers can offer:
- A full-time (42.5 hours) and permanent role.
- A starting salary from £35,000.
- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays.
- Following a successful probationary period, our discretionary benefits include a discretion annual bonus, access to our private medical scheme, ride to work scheme, private GP service, life assurance, employee assistance programme, interest-free season ticket loan, annual eye test, along with additional paid annual leave including ½ day birthday leave, 2 days religious holidays, 2 days annual slow travel leave and 1 ‘give back’ volunteering day.
- Chambers offers a group pension scheme paying 6% of salary into an individual’s pension scheme where the employee contributes at least 3% of their salary.
Please see the full benefits in the job specification here.
Applications
How to Apply
For full details, please see the job description and personal specification here.
Please send a completed application form, along with the Equality & Diversity monitoring form, to recruitment@39essex.com. Please ensure that you put ‘Assistant Practice Manager’ in the email subject heading.
CVs will not be accepted. Please see our general recruitment guidance for more information.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Harvey.Scott@39essex.com. For questions about the process, contact Celia.Grace@39essex.com
We will make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled candidates to demonstrate their suitability for the position. Please contact us at recruitment@39essex.com.
The closing date for applications is Monday, 26 October 2026 at 08:00am  Applications received after this time will not be considered.
In person interviews are scheduled for Wednesday, 28 October 2026 [please keep free].
Please note:
- We may not be able to respond to every candidate individually. You will, however, receive an automatic reply to your email acknowledging receipt of your application.
- We will only consider applications from individuals who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
39 Essex Chambers is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We encourage and welcome applications from people of the global majority, those with disabilities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, women and candidates from groups which are under-represented in the legal sector.
