Costs Drafting Team Lead – Hybrid Role

Fletchers Solicitors; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hours working week

Bonus scheme

Extra holiday purchasable (up to 3)

Salary sacrifice pension

Life Assurance Policy

Medicash policy

Company sick pay

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF

Flexible, agile working

Social events calendar

Voucher awards

Supportive culture

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Fletchers Solicitors seeks an experienced Drafting Team Leader to head the Costs Department, ensuring top-quality drafting service and profitability. You will lead a skilled team, allocate cases, monitor MI, and liaise with fee earners to maintain client care at the highest standard.

You will drive performance, mentor staff, and develop processes in a collaborative, flexible hybrid environment, balancing in-office and home-working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Costs Lawyer or Solicitor qualification.
• Experience of managing people.
• Proven experience of drafting bills of costs.
• Experience of Proclaim.
• Experience of Cost Master.
• Organisational, planning and communication skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Good general IT skills.
• Time management.
• Ability to use initiative.
• Working effectively within a team.
• Attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Leading the team to maximise its objectives and deliver excellent standards of performance.
• Allocating cases appropriately within the team.
• Ensuring MI is up to date and accurate.
• Liaising with fee earners regarding any questions/queries.
• Conduct annual PDMRs.
• Conduct monthly one to one meetings.
• Monitoring chargeability.
• Preparation of detailed bills of costs, costs schedules and costs estimates.
• Review of opponent’s points of dispute and preparation of replies.
• Ensuring that the quality of work produced is to the highest standard.
• Monitor daily workloads, as well as ensuring team achieve their service level agreements.
• Be able to work to deadlines and prioritise matters to ensure targets are delivered.
• Ensuring that the Client is regularly updated as to the current situation on matters.
• Ensuring that care is taken to ensure good working relationships with internal colleagues.
• Being responsible for maximising the firms profitability whilst maintaining the highest Client care standard.
• Mentoring, developing and identifying knowledge gaps of team members
• Support the Head of Department with any other duties as required
• Attending team meetings with fellow team leaders/HODs/Director
• Maintain a case load
• Adhering to the firm’s policies
• Any other duties as reasonably required by the business

Skills

Costs drafting

People management

Billing costs

Proclaim

Cost Master

Organisational skills

Customer service

IT skills

Time management

initiative

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

Costs Lawyer or Solicitor qualification

Tools

Proclaim

Cost Master

Job description

Fletchers Solicitors seeks an experienced Drafting Team Leader to head the Costs Department, ensuring top-quality drafting service and profitability. You will lead a skilled team, allocate cases, monitor MI, and liaise with fee earners to maintain client care at the highest standard.

You will drive performance, mentor staff, and develop processes in a collaborative, flexible hybrid environment, balancing in-office and home-working arrangements.