Junior Multi Track Fee Earner

Andy File Associates Limited is working as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent position.

Job Title: Junior Multi- Track PI Fee Earner

Location: Sheffield S9

Reports to: Head of Legal Practice of Team Manager for day – day matters

Standard Hours of Work: 35 hours – Monday to Friday

Job Purpose

To work hard as part of a team handling technical/ complex, Intermediate Track and Multi-Track personal injury cases.

Working to achieve individual and team key targets and objectives and ensuring compliance with SLAs.

Building working relationships with clients and external third parties such as medical agencies.

Working with colleagues to develop a strong team ethic and deliver exceptional client service to those involved in personal injury claims.

Scope of the Role

The jobholder will be responsible for a mixed caseload of non-portal PI claims, including Road Traffic Accidents, Accidents at Work, Accidents on the Highway, Product Liability and Occupiers Liability Claims, and complex high value CICA matters.

They will be responsible and accountable for running a caseload of complex cases, and cases where quantum is expected to be between £25,000 and £100,000.

They will be responsible for maximising opportunities to move claims from the fast track to the Intermediate Track or Multi Track.

The jobholder will ensure they deliver excellent levels of client service throughout the progression of their case and will ensure they keep the client regularly updated, in line with department service level agreements.

They will be responsible and accountable for ensuring they meet prescribed SLAs and individual targets, including financial and file progression/shelf-life targets.

Principal Accountabilities/tasks

Case Management

To draft pleadings, application notices, disclosure lists, witness statements, briefs to counsel, trial bundle index, and case summary

To draft Schedules of Loss, including past and future losses, utilising the Ogden tables as appropriate

To identify all opportunities to maximise client damages, and to ensure allocation to the multi-track as appropriate

To attend Court (personally or by way of telephone) and perform advocacy for Case Management Conferences, Application Hearings and Pre-Trial Reviews

To attend at external client visits, conferences with counsel and Joint Settlement Meetings

To value PI claims competently & utilising JC guidelines/case law where appropriate

To establish and focus upon issues/facts in dispute in the context of liability and causation; to utilise case law where necessary; to make effective use of Part 36.

To follow and comply with the companies Best Practice Guide

To appropriately involve the Team Manager where input on technical matters and operational issues is warranted

Plan workload to anticipate and balance priorities

Maintain an awareness of changes in legislation, practice and procedure, and to share that knowledge with other members of the department

Ensure that all correspondence and messages are dealt with appropriately, within prescribed SLAs, providing excellent client service

Ensure that all clients, on all occasions, are treated with courtesy and dealt with expeditiously

Work hard as a team player; being a committed and confident litigator

Key Skills/Person Specification

• Able to prioritise workload and take decisions commensurate to the role
  
  
• Demonstrates self-motivation and a desire to learn, progress and develop
  
  
• Demonstrates a proactive and client-centric approach, dedicated to supporting clients through the litigation process
  
  
• Able to comply with agreed process and best practice
  
  
• Demonstrates a highly structured and organised approach to handling cases
  
  
• Able to work flexibly as needed to hit set targets and deadlines
  
  
• Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
  
  
• Able to work with a considerable amount of detailed information
  
  
• A positive attitude and can-do approach, demonstrating drive and commitment
  
  
• Commercial awareness
  
  
• Trustworthy and patient with excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.
  
  Experience
  
  Experience in handling personal injury litigation claims
  
  Solid Experience in Employer and Public Liability Claims and Road Traffic Accidents
  
  Experience in drafting schedules of past and future loss including use of the Odgen Tables
  
  Experience in working with cost budgets, including lodgement, negotiation, and amendments
  
  Experience and proven track record in handling a caseload of litigated personal injury claims
  
  Experience of pre and post litigation case handling
  
  Experience of delivering against agreed targets
  
  Experience of working to deadlines
  
  Strong understanding of current PI Procedures and Rules
  
  Proven track record of being able to manage and progress claims in accordance with appropriate strategies to secure desired outcomes for clients at appropriate levels of profitability
  
  Technical skills and qualifications
  
  
• Solicitor, FILEX, or Litigation Fee Earner of similar experience
  
  
• Strong negotiation skills
  
  
• Competent use of Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as general computer skills
  
  
• Experience of using a case management system and particularly Proclaim
  
  
• Good comprehension skills relating to the understanding of a range of documents related to a case
  
  
• Able to write clearly, correctly and concisely
  
  
• Excellent telephone manner and verbal communication skills
  
  
• Able to collect and assess evidence, determine prospects, provide appropriate advice to clients, and progress the claim efficiently
  
  
• Ability to understand targets and how to achieve them
  
  
• Excellent knowledge of the civil procedure rules and tactics
  
  Other information
  
  Location: Sheffield S9
  
  Hours: Office-based - Monday to Friday 35 hours a week
  
  (9am – 5pm with an hour for lunch), can be flexible so can start 9.30am and ½ hour for lunch
  
  Salary range: £35,000 -£45,000 DOE
  
  Holidays 25 with an extra day accrued for each year worked up to a maximum of 31 + Bank Hols
  
  Death in service – 2x gross salary
  
  Maternity/shared parental leave
  
  Study leave – 5 days
  
  Free parking
  
  Subsidised canteen
  
  Pension – standard workplace pension
  
  Simply Health – employer/employee contribution