Costs Budgeting Specialist
- Recruiter
- Pure Legal Ltd
- Location
- Prescot, Merseyside
- Salary
- £30,000 plus dependent on experience
- Posted
- 14 Dec 2018
- Closes
- 11 Jan 2019
- Ref
- Costs Budgeting Specialist
- Job Title
- Legal Finance
- Practice Area
- Financial Services, Litigation, Private Client
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
JOB DESCRIPTION: Costs Management – Budgeting Specialist
Job Title:
Costs Draftsman/Budgeting Specialist
Department:
Costs Management
Reports To:
Head of Costs Management / Drafting Manager
Location:
Prescot, Merseyside
Job Purpose:
With our team expanding rapidly we have an opportunity to join the Costs Management department. As a member of the Costs Management Team within Pure Legal Costs Consultants you need to be dedicated, motivated with the ability to organise your workload to meet deadlines.
You will report to the Head of Costs Management within the Drafting Department and assist in delivering a first class service to our customers both within and outside of the Pure Business Group.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Preparing Precedent H
- Dealing with negotiations and Precedent R
- Attending CCMCs
- Advising clients on all aspects of costs management and providing input on retainers/rates in live cases as and when required.
Person Specification:
Experience:
- Proven experience of drafting Costs Budgets and familiarity with complex multi-track litigation.
- Experience of negotiations / Costs Management Advocacy preferable but not essential
- Knowledge of Proclaim
- Excel literate to a good standard
- Working effectively within a team
Personal Qualities / Competence:
- Excellent customer service skills
- Organisational and planning skills
- A practical and flexible approach to work
- Good general IT skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to use initiative and solve problems
Remuneration:
- Dependent upon experience
- Training and Development