Costs Paralegal

ENGINEERINGUK; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

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We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'we're legal and financial experts that care' - something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

The Costs Team provides a service to our fee earners who deal with recovery of costs in contentious practice areas, their primary aim is dealing with the preparation of bills of costs, negotiation and advocacy within the detailed assessment of costs proceedings. Our Costs structure gives our costs lawyers an unrivalled breadth of experience including areas of law as diverse as personal injury, commercial litigation, family cases and Court of Protection.

If you enjoy being part of a successful, friendly and high-performing team, then this is the job for you. You'll be working closely with the team's Law Costs Draftsmen, Paralegals and Partners to make sure they have the right administrative support at all times. This is a busy and fast-paced role, so you'll need to be able to work quickly and accurately, building strong relationship with your team and our clients. There's lots of room for progression and we'd really like to support you in your professional development.

What You'll Be Doing

• Preparing schedules of costs for interim payment requests and negotiations
• Supporting fee earners with the preparation of bundles and e-filing of documents with Courts
• Preparing electronic files to be outsourced to external suppliers when capacity is limited internally
• Preparing narratives for inclusion within client bills, settling out the work done on the case and dealing with client billing instructions to the Accounts team
• Handling internal client enquiries by phone, letter and email
• Ensuring databases are kept up-to-date

About You

We're looking for a Paralegal with excellent client care skills, who is a well-motivated individual with a friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach. Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• Demonstrable interest in Cost work
• Great accuracy and attention to detail
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Previous experience working as a Paralegal is desirable
• The ability to work well as both a team and independently
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently
• The ability to be sensitive and sympathetic whilst understanding our clients' needs

If you thrive on being busy and can adapt well to new challenges, and the above sounds like you, we'd love to receive your application!

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.