Costs Negotiator
hace 28 días
Birmingham
Costs Negotiator – Join a High-Performing Legal Team ?? Location: Bolton or Birmingham or Liverpool ?? Hours: 28–35 hours per week Why Join Us? Are you an experienced Costs Negotiator looking to take ownership of your own caseload while developing your advocacy and negotiation skills? We’re looking for a motivated and commercially minded individual to join our Legacy / Industrial Disease Costs team, where you’ll play a key role in driving early, effective costs settlements and delivering excellent results for clients. You’ll be supported with structured development, mentoring, and real opportunities for progression within a collaborative, forward-thinking legal environment. What You’ll Be Doing You’ll manage your own caseload from start to finish, taking a proactive and strategic approach to resolving legal costs efficiently. Your key responsibilities will include: • Reviewing cases and developing clear costs strategies and settlement parameters, • Preparing Points of Dispute and assessing replies, • Identifying strengths and weaknesses in both your case and opposing claims, • Leading telephone negotiations to secure favourable settlements, • Keeping clients informed with clear, timely updates, • Managing correspondence and ensuring SLAs and KPIs are consistently met, • Attending hearings, mediations, and conferences (remote and in person), • Conducting your own advocacy in court where required, • Supporting and developing junior team members, including delegating tasks, • Ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and internal quality expectationsWhat we're looking for Essential Experience & Skills • At least 12 months’ experience as a Costs Negotiator managing your own caseload, • Knowledge of the detailed assessment process, including Points of Dispute, • Strong telephone negotiation skills and confidence dealing with opponents, • Experience liaising with clients and providing clear, practical advice, • Understanding of costs law, insurance litigation, and legal processes, • Ability to prioritise workloads and make sound decisions under pressure, • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, • Proficient in Microsoft Office and case management systems, • Degree, LPC, ALCD or equivalent qualification Your Personal Strengths We’re looking for someone who: • Builds strong relationships and values team collaboration, • Demonstrates resilience and stays composed under pressure, • Is motivated to continuously learn and improve, • Has a commercial mindset and puts client value first, • Is confident influencing outcomes through negotiation and persuasion What You’ll Get • A supportive team environment with experienced leadership, • Structured career development and mentoring, • Opportunities to build advocacy and technical expertise, • Exposure to high-value, complex cases, • A culture built on collaboration, innovation, and success Our Values We are proud to be a business where: • We are connected, • We are dynamic, • We are innovative, • We succeed together Ready to Take the Next Step? If you're ready to take ownership of your career and make a real impact in a growing, specialist team, we’d love to hear from you. Job Benefits • Davies Incentive Plan, • 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days), • Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining., • Simply Health Care Cash Plan, • WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing, • Death in Service, • Critical Illness Cover, • PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance), • Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer, • Employee Resource Groups, • Employee Volunteering Programme, • Cycle to Work Scheme*, • Tech Scheme*, • Season Ticket Loan*, • Gym Flex*, • Access to Online Discount Sites, • Discounted Gourmet Society Membership, • Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide, • Discounts at local retail outlets, • after successfully completing probation