TLT is seeking a Contract Legal Project Manager with public inquiry experience to support its Public Inquiries, Inquests and Public Law Team. Due to an urgent business requirement, we are keen to identify suitable candidates who are immediately available or have a short notice period.
This opportunity is offered on an initial 12-month contract, with a strong likelihood of extension, and will be engaged on a day-rate basis via an Umbrella company.
Given the requirement for full-time office attendance in London, we are particularly interested in speaking with candidates who are based within a reasonable commuting distance and can commence the assignment at short notice.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy, high-profile team supporting significant and complex public inquiry matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop matter plans, scopes, timelines, budgets and pricing assumptions with instructing lawyers and clients.
- Manage matters, projects and portfolios to deliver to scope, time and budget; monitor progress, manage risks/issues and control scope changes.
- Coordinate stakeholders (clients, partners, lawyers, paralegals and business services) and run effective governance routines.
- Prepare proposals and support bids where Legal Project Management is core to successful service delivery.
- Establish and apply consistent LPM methods, templates and tooling across matters.
- Produce regular status reporting, dashboards and post‑matter reviews; capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement.
- Plan and manage resourcing for high‑volume programs (e.g., paralegal teams), including onboarding, work allocation and quality assurance.
- Champion and help embed legal technology and process improvement; support change management and adoption activities.
- Contribute to LPM capability building (training, coaching and share best practice) across the firm.
Skills & Experience
- Project management qualification (APM, PRINCE2, PMP, MSP/MoP) or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years’ experience delivering projects in legal/professional services, with exposure to litigation, corporate, real estate and remediation projects.
- Strong commercial awareness; confident engaging senior stakeholders and influencing outcomes.
- Proficiency with project/reporting tools (e.g., MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint) and matter reporting.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and large teams; able to prioritise and work at pace.
- Practical knowledge of legal process improvement, design thinking/legal design and alternative delivery strategies.
- Hands‑on familiarity with legal technology solutions (including AI‑enabled tools) and embedding change.
- Excellent communication skills; able to translate client needs into clear delivery plans and documentation.
- Degree‑level education; Law degree preferred but not essential.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.
Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.
In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.
