Law Cost Draftsperson & Law Cost Negotiator

Law Cost Draftsperson & Law Cost Negotiator

Manchester£30,000 - £60,000

My client, an award-winning law firm, is recruiting for a Law Costs Draftsperson as well as a Cost Negotiator to join their established costs department.

This position will be to support other senior case handlers with their drafting requirements, working in an assisting capacity. There will be a broad range of drafting needs to include budget work as well.

The ideal candidate will possess 3 to 5 years’ experience working either in house or for an external supplier of costs drafting services. They will have experience of preparing bills and supplementary documents for Detailed Assessment on fast track & multi track cases. Further the candidate will have budget drafting experience.

This is an exciting opportunity for a draftsperson or negotiator to work with a thriving in house team, with the opportunity to work on higher value cases in the personal injury and clinical negligence field.

The role also offers excellent career development prospects for the right candidate, as the firm offers training contracts or support through the ACL qualification, for those candidates who prove themselves.

Job description

• Supporting costs case handlers with a full range of drafting requirements.
• Drafting formal bills for Detailed Assessment
• Drafting N260 statements of costs
• Preparing risk assessments
• Assisting with drafting Budgets

Person specification

Essential criteria

• 2 to 5 year’s personal injury claimant costs experience.
• Completion of a legal qualification (LLB, GDL, LPC)
• Drafting skills associated with completing Precedent H, R and Q and finalising formal bills
• Experience of working to target
• You will have a flexible approach and be able to respond to rapid changes in working schedules and priorities. For this you will need to be organised and able to communicate clearly with people at all levels.
• Working knowledge of the Civil Procedures Rules and Detailed Assessment process.
• Analytical skills and attention to detail are essential.
• The role involves the use of IT systems and therefore computer literacy, including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, is essential.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of using Proclaim Case Management System and Costs Master software.
• Experience of working in house.

Salary, Hours & Benefits

• The salary is circa £30,000 - £65,000
• Standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.
• Working from home is available after probation
• 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days (3 days reserved for Christmas closure of the office)
• 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
• Extra day’s holiday for your birthday after 2 years’ service.
• Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service
• Death in Service - 2 x salary
• Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
• Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion.
• Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave payment if you have over 1-year tenure
• Other benefits including Employee Assistance Programme, free fruit & annual flu jab