Enforcement Manager

Role: Enforcement Manager

Location: Liverpool

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Salary: up to £80,000

The Opportunity

An established legal services practice is seeking an experienced enforcement specialist to lead its civil enforcement and recoveries operation. The successful candidate will take ownership of strategy, technical oversight and day-to-day delivery, ensuring that judgments are converted into appropriate recovery outcomes through a commercially considered, compliant and client-focused approach.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Enforcement and Recoveries:

• Take responsibility for the conduct and supervision of civil enforcement matters, including Part 8 applications or proceedings where appropriate; writs and warrants of control; charging orders; attachment of earnings orders; third-party debt orders; and bankruptcy or winding-up routes.
• Provide technical and tactical guidance on matters with heightened value, complexity or enforcement risk.
• Direct asset-location enquiries and recovery activity, selecting proportionate approaches based on prospects, costs and client objectives.
• Maintain momentum across the full post-judgment process, from selecting an enforcement route through to conclusion and recovery.
• Oversee adherence to applicable court procedure, professional requirements and regulatory obligations, including relevant CPR, SRA and FCA requirements.
• Ensure concerns or complaints arising from enforcement activity are investigated and resolved appropriately.

Leadership and Direction:

• Set the direction for enforcement work and translate wider business priorities into practical team objectives and delivery plans.
• Manage, coach and develop a multidisciplinary group of solicitors, paralegals and operational support colleagues.
• Establish clear measures of success across collections, speed of resolution, service standards and cost control; review results and take corrective action where needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity and decision-making through better processes, management information and appropriate technology.

Clients and Operational Delivery:

• Serve as the senior escalation and relationship contact for clients using the enforcement service.
• Explain available recovery options, likely outcomes, associated costs and material risks to support informed decisions.
• Provide clear, regular updates on financial recoveries, case progress and overall performance.
• Refine working practices and case-management processes to strengthen consistency, capacity and efficiency.
• Use operational reporting to assess recovery performance, turnaround times and client experience.

Your Attributes:

• Qualification as a solicitor or an equivalent relevant professional qualification, supported by substantial contentious litigation and civil enforcement experience.
• Strong command of civil procedure and the legal remedies available to enforce judgments.
• A track record of leading people, managing delivery and building team capability.
• Sound commercial judgement, a pragmatic approach to risk and a clear focus on client service.
• Experience overseeing a mix of sizeable and high-volume enforcement caseloads.

Additional Useful Experience:

• Working knowledge of the Proclaim case-management platform.
• Exposure to debt collection, insolvency proceedings or tracing and recovering assets.
• Experience applying technology, reporting tools or data analysis to legal operations.
• Evidence of developing client relationships or contributing to new-business opportunities.

Your Strengths:

• Ability to turn longer-term objectives into practical priorities.
• Confident people leadership, coaching and stakeholder management.
• Effective negotiation, judgement and influencing skills.
• Careful attention to detail, sound risk assessment and ownership of results.