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Senior Advisor

Employer
Hays Legal
Location
England, London
Salary
£55000.0 - £65000.0 per annum + £55,000+
Closing date
14 Feb 2025
Reference
4649146
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Vacancy Type
Barristers, Private Practice
Experience Level
Mid Level
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Practice Areas
Insurance/Reinsurance
PQE
4-6 Years

Job Details


Your new company
Our client is a leading global provider of integrated legal and business services. They offer a range of services across eight key sectors, including Legal Services, Legal Operations, and Business Services. This integrated approach allows them to deliver bespoke solutions for their clients, enhancing efficiency, price certainty, and transparency without compromising on quality. The firm is headquartered in London and has a significant presence worldwide, including offices in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Qatar, Spain, the UAE, and the UK. It is known for its commitment to sustainability, diversity, and inclusion, aiming to create an inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole self to.

Your new role
As a Senior Costs Advisor, you will report to the Head of Insurance Business Services and be directly managed by one of the Costs Operations Managers.You will handle your own caseload, primarily consisting of Defendant files, ensuring they meet high standards and comply with client service level agreements. You will interact with both internal and external clients, as well as colleagues at all levels within the firm. Additionally, you may need to support junior team members with fee-earning queries or supervision. Your file management will be overseen according to the firm's Costs supervision policy, and you must ensure that all management information is accurate and aligns with client SLAs. This hybrid role allows for flexibility, with the successful candidate able to work from any of our offices based in England.
What you'll need to succeed
Experience in costs within the insurance sector, covering areas such as Road Traffic Accidents, Employment and Public Liability, Industrial Disease, and Clinical Medical Negligence. Detailed working knowledge of the Fixed Recoverable Costs regime and have advocacy experience, including attending interim applications, cost case management hearings, and detailed assessment hearings.The ideal candidate will be skilled in negotiating high-value and complex matters and have a strong background in costs case management, including the preparation of cost budgets and budget discussion reports. I have managed a caseload of both defendant and claimant costs files and have excellent negotiation skills. Additionally, I have experience drafting bills of costs, points of dispute, and draft schedules.
What you'll get in return

  • Hybrid Working.
  • Health and Wellbeing: Employees have access to Gympass, which provides online physical classes, apps for wellbeing, and discounted flexible gym memberships. There are also financial and mental wellbeing helplines and support services.
  • Learning and Development: The firm supports continuous professional and personal development through tailored curriculums accessible online, 1-2-1 training, coaching, and mentoring.
  • Recognition Programs.
  • Financial Benefits: These include share awards, bonus plans, and various financial support programs.
  • Employee Assistance Programmes: These provide additional support for employees' mental and emotional health.
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What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Company

Hays Legal provides an integrated recruitment solution to the UK's Legal and Company Secretarial sectors. Working across a nationwide network of offices, we offer employers and jobseekers a highly specialised recruitment service for permanent and interim positions across all business sectors, skill sets and levels of seniority.

We have a proven track record spanning almost 20 years in all areas of Legal and Company Secretarial recruitment, from one-off contingency requirements through to large-scale recruitment campaigns and wider employee management solutions.

We offer confidential, expert advice on job opportunities, compensation, business plans and exit strategies pertinent to professionals considering a move. We have the ear of key decision makers across all our clients and we have been instrumental in introducing and placing hundreds of fee earners and company secretaries into a vast array of organisations. From blue chip corporates, national and international firms through to niche practices, we have deep knowledge of the legal company secretary market.

If an organisation has strategic growth plans or needs incisive market analysis, we are often consulted as a first point of contact.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 3465 0139
Location
107 Cheapside
London
EC2V 6DN
United Kingdom

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