Costs Paralegal - Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment : Job Details

Costs Paralegal / AdministratorNottingham

£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 .