Head of Probate

Job Description

What’s in it for you?

• Modern, digital-first practice: Say goodbye to paper files and legacy systems
• Challenging, interesting work: Focused on bespoke estate planning, not cookie-cutter wills
• Youthful, collaborative team: Supportive environment with a progressive edge

About your new employer:

• Fast-growing, modern law firm with a strong digital presence
• Specialises in front-end Wills & Estates with a client-first approach
• Based in vibrant inner city with flexible, hybrid working
• Young, collaborative team embracing innovation and fresh thinking
• Tech-forward systems and streamlined processes—no old-school bureaucracy

About the role:

• Own and manage a high-volume probate and estate administration practice
• Handle complex, non-standard estates, including lost, informal, or international wills
• Prepare and manage NSW Supreme Court probate applications and requisitions
• Apply technical judgement, assess risk, and determine escalation thresholds
• Lead, mentor, and drive quality across the probate team
• Oversee team output, standards, and growth contributions
• Serve as final authority on complex matters

The ideal candidate:

• 5–10+ years’ high-volume probate and estate administration experience
• Strong NSW probate expertise, including Supreme Court requisitions
• Skilled in managing complex, unusual, or imperfect estates
• Proven ability to run and review large probate volumes independently
• Leadership experience, mentoring or guiding a probate team
• Exposure to trusts or trustee-managed estates highly valued
• Detail-driven, pragmatic, risk-aware, and tech-curious

If this role does not align to your experience and/or career goals, please contact us to discuss other suitable opportunities.

Why work with us?

• We have access to 50% more roles than are publicly available.
• You will receive free CV and content advice as well as interview preparation assistance specific to the role.
• We are intimately aware of market trends including team/firmwide inside information and what salary you can achieve in the current market.
• Naiman Clarke are celebrating 25 years of excellence in the legal recruitment industry this year.  Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector. 

Contact Elvira today!

 
Please quote reference number EN/ 54709 

• Call or text: 0413480310
• Email: enaiman@naimanclarke.com.au
• LinkedIn message: Elvira Naiman | LinkedIn

Alternatively, click apply and email your resume (in Word version only) and academic transcript.

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