Trainee Costs Draftsperson - Court of Protection

We are currently recruiting for Trainee Costs Draftspeople to work within Court of Protection for our specialist in-house legal services Cost team in Manchester.

We are looking for those with a desire to pursue a career within Costs, joining a highly successful team, gaining experience and skills, learning from those around them, in order to progress through our structured career path.

Responsibilities to include:

The primary responsibility of the Trainee COP Costs Draftsperson is to play an active part in the provision of an effective costs service to the Court of Protection Department.

The duties will involve working with colleagues, on a combination of the following:

· Drafting Court of Protection Deputyship and Administration Bills of Costs

· Dealing with and calculating assessments

· Preparing final cost certificates

· Liaising with Fee Earners on the progress of their cases

· Ensuring financial targets are met

About You:

· Ability to develop strong and effective relationships with all stakeholders

· Hands-on, with a “can-do” attitude, demonstrating drive, discipline, patience and flexibility

· High degree of accuracy, excellent analytical skills and strong attention to detail, but capable of identifying and resolving wider issues.

· Well organised with an ability to prioritise and manage conflicting demands effectively.

· Clear and influential communicator, able to address different types of audiences in appropriate ways, both written and verbal.

· Genuine enthusiasm for providing a high standard of client service and an ability to promote a positive attitude.

What we offer in return:

We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:

• Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
• 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday
• 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
• Employee Referral scheme
• Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
• Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
• Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injury
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
• Life Assurance cover
• Workplace pension
• Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
• Dental Insurance
• Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services

Your Professional Development

We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.

Our Values

Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.

How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:

· We do what we say we will

· We don’t wait we create

· We own it, we sort it

· We respect and encourage each other

· We make time to live

The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.

For further information, please contact [email protected]

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