Costs Draftsperson - Manchester, United Kingdom - Veritas Solicitors

Veritas Solicitors

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Role:
Legal Costs Draftsperson

Business:
Veritas Solicitors

Reports to:
Costs Team Manager

Location:
Cardinal House, Parsonage Gardens

Salary:
£29,000 - £36,000 (dependent on experience)

Hours of work:35 Hours Per Week (Mon - Fri)

Employee Benefits

Competitive salary £29,000 £36,000 dependent on experience and ability)
Flexitime
Annual appraisals
Birthday privilege
24 days annual leave
Employee assistance program
Pension scheme
Christmas shutdown
Holiday buy scheme
Bespoke training and development opportunities
Convenient City Centre based fantastic location
Growth and development prospects opportunities to gain experience within your capacity and in line with the business which is exciting.

Company Information

Veritas Solicitors LLP is a busy multi-disciplinary practice based in Manchester City Centre, providing a personalised service to private and commercial clients alike.

With areas of specialism including include Personal Injury, Clinical and Dental Negligence, Financial Mis-selling, Data Breach, Civil Disputes, Professional Negligence, Commercial Property, Housing Disrepair, Business Interruption Claims, Immigration and Private Client (Wills, Statutory Declaration, Powers of Attorney); Veritas Solicitors is fully capable of dealing with many areas of practice, meeting the needs of both individuals and businesses alike.

Our objective is to be the firm of choice for clients on their challenging legal issues and significant business transactions.

We specialise in matters that require individual attention, exceptional experience, and a high level of sophistication.

On offer is an intense, pragmatic and highly individualised focus on client matters drawing on substantial experience of advising a range of UK & International clients to achieve their goals.

Job Purpose

You will have responsibility for managing your own case load of costs matters including drafting Points of Dispute, drafting and challenging Costs Budgets, implementing strategy and negotiating whilst progressing claims with attention to detail.

It is expected as you grow within your capacity and ability, having additional responsibility in handling complex and higher value case matters.

Handle a varied workload of costs matters or costs recovery files
Acting as a point of contact for clients, always demonstrating excellent customer service and professionalism
Ensuring full compliance with clients' SLAs and Veritas internal protocols
Responsibly conduct quality assessments and compliance control on your own caseload, with focus on accuracy and information reporting
Ensure continuous improvement and compliance to company standards in all work undertaken.
Demonstrating a high level of financial management knowledge in all matters of work
Supporting marketing and business development activity within the team
Maintain an awareness of the firm's strategies and plans.
Maintaining and developing technical knowledge through training and personal development plans
Handle confidential information compliantly with the firm's data security procedures

Competency Requirements

Solicitor, Legal Executive, or costs draftsperson / Lawyer with experience of costs challenges or costs recoveries.
Confident negotiator and communicator, who can communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in written form
IT literate with a good working knowledge of Excel and Word. Previous knowledge or experience of a case management system would be an advantage but is not essential
Willingness to follow a process driven system, working within set parameters.
Ability to work on own initiative without close supervision
Able to demonstrate strong team working skills and that they are a flexible and selfmotivated team player
Maintain excellent organisational skills whilst being able to effectively prioritise and organise a busy workload.
Experience of working within a thriving, deadline driven environment and proactively supporting the team
Have an ability to take a commercial viewpoint to legal issues and adapt knowledge to suit the situation
Producing work quality to a high standard ensuring a focussed attention to detail is applied
Flexible with an ability to adapt to rapid change, internally and in the framework of clients' businesses.
Must be able to work under pressure often handling a highvolume caseload towards specific deadlines.

Skills & Qualifications