Experienced Fee Earner - Leeds, United Kingdom - Oakwood Solicitors

Oakwood Solicitors

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Leeds, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Fee Earner

Reporting to:
Jessica Rowson, Head of Department

Department:
Psychiatric Injury

Award winning Leeds Firm is looking for a Solicitor or Legal Executive or experienced Paralegal to join their busy and well established Psychiatric Injury Department.

The department deals with a variety of psychiatric illness matters but are the specialists in the niche area of Stress at Work claims.

The vacancy would be to manage an establish caseload of Stress at Work claims with the opportunity for future involvement with other psychiatric illness matters.

At Oakwood Solicitors we are dedicated in delivering a professional, yet friendly and personal service, which puts clients first and is flexible and considerate of their mental health needs.

Key Tasks

Managing (under supervision) a caseload of complex and predominantly multitrack personal injury cases for psychiatric illness caused by stress at work;
Undertaking fee earning work and providing a profitable contribution to the Firm.

Essential Experience

Solicitor, Legal Executive or experienced Paralegal with a minimum of 5 years' fee earning experience;
A minimum of 2 years' experience of dealing with and handling litigated personal injury cases in areas such as Industrial Disease and/or Clinical Negligence.

Desired Experience

Some experience in handling Employment Tribunal cases or good knowledge of employment law in consideration of the overlap between personal injury and employment in stress at work cases;
Experience in working with vulnerable clients/individuals;
Working knowledge of using the case management system Proclaim.

Key Competencies

Excellent customer service;
Confident and polite telephone manner;
Excellent time management;
Ability to organise and prioritise work;
Ability to cope well in a demanding environment;
Analytical approach to reviewing information;
Flexible attitude to work;
Ability to work as part of a team.

Salary
Dependent upon experience

Plus a competitive bonus scheme based on fee income

Working hours
Full time role

Monday to Friday - 09:00 to 17:00

Flexible home working with at least 3 days requested in the office

Schedule: