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Solicitor
- Newport, Gwent
- £30,000 - £40,000 per annum
- 2 applications
- Job type: Permanent, full-time
- Date:
- Reference: 20808902
Organisation Description
My Client is one of the largest national commercial law firms in the UK. With more than 1500 employees, they are based in 8 UK locations and also Dublin and Auckland.
The firms strategy is to grow profitable revenue by building broader and deeper relationships with our existing clients. A business development strategy has been developed that centres around a list of priority clients and a programme of client development planning and client relationship management. Supporting this, the firm is committed to developing further their reputation in their chosen markets
Job Description
The purpose of this role is to manage junior paralegals handling their own caseload of preliitgation work and to maintain a smaller caseload of both pre-litigated and litigated disease work.
Day to day responsibilities will include:
? A varied case load of pre litigated and litigated work with the appropriate levels of
supervision. These will include cases where liability is disputed
? Hit, maintain and apply a consistent approach to all individual targets of financial
performance, realisation rates, settlement rate and average claim spend
? Support marketing and business development activity within the team
? Assume responsibility for quality control and benchmark compliance on own caseload, including accuracy and timeliness of management reporting.
? Maintain a high level of compliance with the firm's procedures and strategies
? Maintain and develop a high level of technical knowledge.
? Handling confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols
The successful individual will also be taking on Technical Supervisor responsibilities for the team / sub team, which are as follows:
? Reporting into the Performance Manager and Supervising Partner, building a
relationship & working closely to maintain team profitability & reduce indemnity
spend in order to meet client expectations
? Overall responsibility for the quality and performance of the team ensuring that
appropriate strategies are set reflecting the commercial reality of case value
? Level of technical ability above that of sub-team being supervised
? Previous supervision experience
? A high level of personal compliance with firm protocols and procedures
? Good people management skills including the ability to train, motivate, coach and
mentor team members at all levels
? Managing the teams performance, analysing annual targets and ensuring the team
hit and exceed target on a monthly basis
? Responsible for ensuring caseloads are optimized to maximise profit within the team and allocations are according to experience
? Analyse MI reports and KPI’s to ensure the team are performing and devise
strategies to drive improvement
? Ensure fee earner compliance with client SLA’s and KPI’s
? Provide Technical Guidance for the team
? Act as a point of reference for fee earners
? Hold monthly meetings with fee earner to assess performance
? Undertake performance reviews with the performance manager and implement the
career progression model within the team
? Ensure full Audit compliance across the team and responsible for preparing the team for client audits
Person Specification
The successful candidate will be:
? A solicitor / legal executive / paralegal with at least 3 years experience of disease claims and a keen interest and enthusiasm for injury work
? Previous experience of dealing with Noise Induced Hearing Loss, Vibration White Finger and Hand & Arm Vibration Syndrome
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited is an employment agency and employment business
My Client is one of the largest national commercial law firms in the UK. With more than 1500 employees, they are based in 8 UK locations and also Dublin and Auckland.
The firms strategy is to grow profitable revenue by building broader and deeper relationships with our existing clients. A business development strategy has been developed that centres around a list of priority clients and a programme of client development planning and client relationship management. Supporting this, the firm is committed to developing further their reputation in their chosen markets
Job Description
The purpose of this role is to manage junior paralegals handling their own caseload of preliitgation work and to maintain a smaller caseload of both pre-litigated and litigated disease work.
Day to day responsibilities will include:
? A varied case load of pre litigated and litigated work with the appropriate levels of
supervision. These will include cases where liability is disputed
? Hit, maintain and apply a consistent approach to all individual targets of financial
performance, realisation rates, settlement rate and average claim spend
? Support marketing and business development activity within the team
? Assume responsibility for quality control and benchmark compliance on own caseload, including accuracy and timeliness of management reporting.
? Maintain a high level of compliance with the firm's procedures and strategies
? Maintain and develop a high level of technical knowledge.
? Handling confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols
The successful individual will also be taking on Technical Supervisor responsibilities for the team / sub team, which are as follows:
? Reporting into the Performance Manager and Supervising Partner, building a
relationship & working closely to maintain team profitability & reduce indemnity
spend in order to meet client expectations
? Overall responsibility for the quality and performance of the team ensuring that
appropriate strategies are set reflecting the commercial reality of case value
? Level of technical ability above that of sub-team being supervised
? Previous supervision experience
? A high level of personal compliance with firm protocols and procedures
? Good people management skills including the ability to train, motivate, coach and
mentor team members at all levels
? Managing the teams performance, analysing annual targets and ensuring the team
hit and exceed target on a monthly basis
? Responsible for ensuring caseloads are optimized to maximise profit within the team and allocations are according to experience
? Analyse MI reports and KPI’s to ensure the team are performing and devise
strategies to drive improvement
? Ensure fee earner compliance with client SLA’s and KPI’s
? Provide Technical Guidance for the team
? Act as a point of reference for fee earners
? Hold monthly meetings with fee earner to assess performance
? Undertake performance reviews with the performance manager and implement the
career progression model within the team
? Ensure full Audit compliance across the team and responsible for preparing the team for client audits
Person Specification
The successful candidate will be:
? A solicitor / legal executive / paralegal with at least 3 years experience of disease claims and a keen interest and enthusiasm for injury work
? Previous experience of dealing with Noise Induced Hearing Loss, Vibration White Finger and Hand & Arm Vibration Syndrome
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited is an employment agency and employment business
