Holiday Illness Claims Fee Earner (Training Contract Opportunity)

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Holiday Illness Claims Fee Earner (Training Contract Opportunity)

Location: Oldham, Greater Manchester
Department: Personal Injury Department - Travel Litigation
Salary: £16K to £25K + Bonuses
Job ID: 50125

We are looking to recruit a Fee Earner to join our Personal Injury department in dealing with a caseload of holiday sickness claims.

Training Contract will be issued to the ideal candidate within 12 to 18 months of a satisfactory performance.

Remuneration package will include a profit share derived from the departments profit costs.

The ideal candidate will bring in their wealth of experience and technical know-how to assist in the development of a growing department focused on dealing with Holiday Claims. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Fee Earner to enter into a growing firm and have day to day contact with senior management in a growing department. The experienced candidate will, in addition to developing and assisting in managing the department, be provided a caseload to conduct.

Requirements:

• At minimum 3 - 6 months experience dealing with Holiday Illness matters
• At minimum 3 - 6 months experience dealing with Fast Track and Multi-track matters (desirable but not essential)
• Ability to effectively manage own caseload with a track record of settling files (desirable but not essential)
• Possess excellent negotiation skills (desirable but not essential)
• Ability to work with and achieve income targets on a consistent basis
• Ability to work to strict deadlines
• Ability to manage and lead a team of Fee Earners (desirable but not essential)
• Ability to assist with the day-to-day running of the practice (desirable but not essential)
• Good working knowledge of essential computer applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel
• Have an ability to plan and prioritise own workload
• Ability to work from own Task List via our internal management system
• Good people skills for teamwork and building relationships with co-workers and clients
• Good written and spoken communication skills are essential

Key Responsibilities:

• To handle a caseload of travel cases from beginning to end, focussing on illness claims, with work funded on a CFA and BTE basis
• Ensuring cases are settled profitably
• Undertaking risk-assessments and deal with enquiries where required
• Maintaining high standards in the processing of client work, both in respect of professional standards and client care
• Maintaining good professional working relationships with external institutions and organisations
• Promoting and participate in marketing activities whether on a firm wide, departmental or office basis
• Ensuring the confidentiality and security of all firm and client documentation and information
• Possess good knowledge and experience of Travel and Holiday Law, including procedural and practical skills desirable but not essential