Paralegal - Costs Health

Hours

Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week)

Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2025 for the second year running and so, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Team

Costs Health

Location

Liverpool

Benefits

• Annual leave starting at 25 days
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
• Annual fitness allowance
• ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice
• Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme
• EAP with access to counselling
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing
• Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year via Bright Horizons
• Life assurance
• Group income protection
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Hybrid working and dress for your day policy
• Bespoke training and development opportunities

Role overview

Our dedicated Costs department are now looking to recruit a Paralegal to join our rapidly growing team.

The Costs Team are built up of experienced costs litigation professionals based across Liverpool, Manchester and London. With extensive experience of dealing with high value costs ligation, costs budgeting, appeals, group litigation and technical challenges. Our experienced advocates regularly attend national court hearings across the country. The costs team is part of the Health Business Group and is undergoing rapid expansion providing opportunities for personal development.

Key responsibilities

• Providing support to the Head of the Team with the co-ordination of data information for clients
• File Management - creating and archiving files and ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to
• Records - archiving and recovery of records as requested by fee earning staff
• Preparing case bundles and documenting against agreed protocols
• Faxing, scanning, photocopying
• Support and advice to all users of the service
• Answering the telephone
• Some legal work on files
• Assisting the team with legal matters
• A number of client orientated tasks that will be chargeable and will carry a billable hours target

What are we looking for

• Organises own work effectively
• Seeks and accepts feedback and guidance
• Works flexibly to meet goals
• Competently follows agreed processes/methods
• Good team working skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Demonstrates understanding of client needs/expectations
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to submit an application and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.