Overview

Costs Draftsman Team Leader - HDR — Hours: Full time. Salary: up to 60K DOE + bonus. Location: Manchester City Centre - at least 1 day in the office a week. Job Reference: CWS522

Key Responsibilities

As Costs Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading and supervising a team of costs draftsmen, managing their performance, and acting as the key technical referral point. You will provide guidance, support, and training to team members to enhance both individual and team performance, while also maintaining a reduced personal caseload of housing disrepair costs matters.

• Lead and supervise a team of costs draftsmen, managing performance and acting as the key technical referral point.
• Provide guidance, support and training to enhance individual and team performance.
• Draft and review Points of Reply; manage Lien, Client Costs, and Defendant Costs files.
• Ensure fee earners and solicitors are supported with accurate and timely costs schedules to progress cases smoothly.
• Oversee the recovery of costs following successful case outcomes, ensuring processes are efficient and in line with best practice.
• Support the smooth running of the wider business by assisting with operational requirements as needed.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in supervising and managing legal costs teams, ideally within HDR claims.
• Strong working knowledge of Proclaim and Costs Master.
• Confident communicator with excellent verbal and written skills.

In return

• Hybrid flexible working to accommodate life outside of the office such as school hours.
• 25 days holiday + bank + your birthday off.
• Generous bonus structure - staff have doubled their salary recently.
• Annual salary review.
• 6% employer contribution to pension.
• Death in service 4x salary.
• EAP.
• Many more.

How to apply

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