Associate - Dispute Resolution & Professional Negligence
- Recruiter
- Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment Limited
- Location
- England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham
- Salary
- £37000 - £47000 per annum + Good Package
- Posted
- 30 Jun 2018
- Closes
- 16 Jul 2018
- Ref
- SH45131
- Contact
- Stephen Hunt
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Solicitor/ Associate - Dispute Resolution & Professional Negligence - Salary dependent on experience.
My client has a vacancy for a 1-5 year PQE Solicitor / Associate to join their Dispute Resolution & Professional Negligence team, part of the firm's wider Litigation & Dispute Resolution group.
The role is primarily to support the growth of our claimant professional negligence practice, with some support being provided to commercial disputes.
Your key duties will include:
- To assist a legal director on a broad range of claimant professional negligence disputes
- As required to assist other senior team members with commercial disputes including warranty claims, IT disputes, procurement issues, shareholder and director disputes and disputed significant debt recovery cases
- Running cases efficiently and cost effectively and within strict service level agreements as required by the client
- Advising clients about the strengths and weaknesses of their cases
- Handling a caseload of complex and less-complex matters
- Active involvement in business development activities, both individually and as part of a team
- Attending and conducting client meetings
- Drafting and preparing court documents in a time sensitive manner
Skills and experience you will have:
- 1-5 years' dispute resolution experience working within a law firm, including experience of handling claimant professional negligence claims
- Knowledge and ideally experience of contingent and conditional funding arrangements for professional negligence claims
- Some evidence of business development activities within the professional negligence sector or proven ability to engage in this type of activity
- Experience in dealing with lay and commercial clients on a day to day basis
strong IT skills
- A proven ability to be flexible in your approach in finding practical and innovative solutions to a range of problems
Key competencies you will need:
- A high degree of initiative and the ability to cope in a demanding environment
- The ability to be proactive and effectively manage your own workload
to be resilient, confident and calm under pressure
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- An entrepreneurial nature and an outgoing manner
- Excellent organisational, prioritising and time management skills
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
About you - you will be:
- Highly enthusiastic, willing to the extra mile and be happy to go beyond the job description
- Highly ambitious, hardworking with an excellent work ethic, taking pride in all you do
- Rspectful towards others and have a positive, willing and 'can do' attitude
If you are highly enthusiastic, resilient, confident and have the initiative to cope in a demanding environment then please contact Stephen Hunt to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy board for immediate consideration.
Douglas Scott is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.