Cost Negotiator - Southport, United Kingdom - Sefton@Work

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Cost Negotiator:

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Location:
Southport/Manchester/Liverpool/Leeds/Hybrid

Cost Negotiator

Location:
The role will be Hybrid with some attendance to one of the offices Southport, Liverpool, Leeds or Manchester

Fletchers Solicitors Ltd have a fantastic opportunity to join our growing Costs Team.

In the role you will be working within a busy team and must have the ability to manage your own case load and adhere to SLA's.

This is a great opportunity to join a market-leading and expanding firm, at the forefront of clinical negligence litigation. Predominantly dealing with medical negligence and Serious Injury cost cases with experience handling all types of bills of cost.

About Fletchers Solicitors:
Fletchers is a rapidly growing law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law.

We are based in the North-West of the UK, with offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds \& Southport, although many of our colleagues work from home as Fletchers offers Hybrid working.

We offer a great work life balance, fabulous benefits, apprenticeships, and internal progression, around 10% of colleagues are currently working on apprenticeships or training contracts - more than ever before - and we are continuing to grow our L\&D offering.

We have a great culture and people that will support you and your goals.

Main Responsibilities for the role:
Managing own caseload using case management software

Instruct Counsel to attend Detailed Assessment/Oral review or alternatively conduct own hearings.

Hit agreed recovery targets.

Undertaking accurate valuation

Constant communication with fee earners

Providing head of team updates on forecasts, recoveries, issue files

Hit agreed daily chargeable hours target.

Keep MI fully up to date and accurate.

Deal with aged debt where applicable

Review points of dispute

Assist in bundle preparation.

Ensure SLA/Pipeline metrics adhered to

Follow agreed processes.

Providing legal teams with costs advice

Attending team meetings

Providing feedback on recoveries/files/fee earning practices

The above list is not exhaustive of any other tasks, which may be required.

Proven experience in dealing with high value Litigation and Negotiation cases.

Experience of Proclaim

Experience of Cost Master

Organisational, planning and communication skills.

Excellent customer service skills

Good general IT skills

Time management

Ability to use initiative.

Working effectively within a team.

Attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

In return Fletchers can offer:
Competitive salary

35 hours working week.

35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days' holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment

Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option.

Life Assurance Policy

Medicash policy to cover some Dental, optical, and other medical expenses.

Enhanced company sick pay

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and IVF schemes

Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance

Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)

Monthly voucher awards

So much has happened in the last year at Fletchers:
We became Fletchers Group following several acquisitions - and have big plans for more growth.

We offered legal colleagues more training contracts than ever before.

Retained excellent rankings with both The Legal 500 and Chambers \& Partners

We opened 2 new office locations in Leeds and Liverpool (alongside Southport and Manchester)

We launched our first ever Associate and Partner programmes for senior lawyers.

We launched the Fletchers Foundation charity to support injured people.

That's just to name a few, check out our website for more:

Contract Type:
AnyContractType

Hours of Work:
FullTime

Expiration Date: 24/04/2024