Costs Paralegal / Administrator Nottingham
£24,000 - £28,000
A fantastic, established, well known Nottingham firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Costs Paralegal / Administrator to their already impressive Costs team.
Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Costs Paralegal / Administrator will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Paralegals and Cost Lawyers to deliver a high quality of a full range of Cost Paralegal / Administrator Duties in Cardiff.
Duties and responsibilities of the Costs Paralegal / Administrator
- Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
- Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
- Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
- Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
- Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
- Collaborates with team members on team processes, procedures and solutions - ensuring more junior members of the team understand and adhere to these
- Actively participates in team meetings
- Drafting Legal Aid bills on Costmaster
- Submitting Legal Aid bills on CCMS (Client Cost Management System)
- Submitting appeals
- Allocating counsel fees
- Liaising with counsel and external cost draftsman
- Preparing schedule of costs
- General billing administration duties
- Liaising with client when requested
- Requesting extensions for PODs, when requested
- Liaising with opponents re missing documents/information, extensions and payments, including chasing
Skills Required:
- Experience in a costs department is essential
- IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
- Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in billing
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Costs Paralegal, based in or near Nottingham, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to .