Costs Draftsperson – 100% Remote

Liberation Rec; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established costs consultancy is seeking a Costs Draftsperson to join their growing team. This role focuses on personal injury cost claims, requiring a minimum of three years' experience in cost drafting. The ideal candidate will possess strong organisational skills, a good understanding of legal processes, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. This forward-thinking practice offers extensive opportunities for self-development, a commitment to work-life balance, and an attractive salary with bonus schemes. Join a supportive environment where your contributions will be valued and recognized.

Benefits

Work-Life Balance

Continuous Personal Development

Attractive Salary

Bonus Schemes

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years in Cost Drafting with proven experience preparing budgets and bills.
• Good understanding of legal processes and relevant CPR elements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare budgets, bills of costs, and schedules within agreed service levels.
• Mentor less experienced staff and assist in training materials preparation.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Organisational Skills

Client Care Skills

Education

University degree (2:2) or equivalent qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Costmaster

Case Management Systems

Job description

Ref: 1300a

Company Profile

A Nationwide established Costs Consultancy that is continuing to grow. They cover High value PI/Clin Neg & Court of Protection. They pride themselves on managing a large team but still creating a ‘family feel’ so that every person feels part of something – even when working remotely.

Outline of Role

They are seeking a Costs Draftsperson who has at least three years’ experience in a similar role and a track record of successfully working as part of a team and managing their own caseload. This position will focus mainly on Personal Injury cost claims and the preparation of costs budgets, but assistance may be required with bills.

Experience

They will need a good understanding of legal processes and possess a confident verbal and written communication style. They ideally will have experience of managing work to key deadlines and have excellent organisational skills and knowledge of using Microsoft Office.

If you’re looking for a new challenge in a forward-thinking Practice with extensive opportunities for self-development, look no further. This client has a great Employer Brand with its attractive salary and bonus schemes, commitment to a Work-Life Balance, and continued investment and support for all Employees to further develop themselves.

Day to Day Duties

• Meet Targets as set by business from time to time.
• Prepare budgets (Precs H&T), Bills of Costs, Schedules and N260s within agreed Service level – Agreements to include:
• Turning Instructions around within set timescales.
• Meeting Internal quality standards as to accuracy and technical quality of the work completed.
• Compliance with the CPR, client instructions and any directions from the court.
• Preparing replies to Points of Dispute (where agreed, dependent upon experience).
• To assist/prepare training materials where applicable and required to aid the development of other members of staff.
• To assist/prepare material for social media campaigns as required.
• Deal with client queries and prepare MI reports for clients where applicable.
• Cover for other staff as required.
• Mentor less experienced staff or new starters where applicable.
• Be responsible for own continuous personal development, attending internal and external training to keep up to date with new legislation and case law.
• To conduct costs negotiations or advocacy work (where agreed, dependent upon experience).
• Undertake any reasonable duties designated by their immediate or ultimate supervisor(s) from time to time to meet business needs.

Person Specification

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and preferably Costmaster.
• Good Organisational skills.
• University degree (2:2) or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of 3 years in Cost Drafting.
• Proven Experience of preparing:
• Budgets
• Bills (including Precedent S)
• Schedules
• N260
• Court experience desirable but not essential.
• Working knowledge of those elements of the CPR which are relevant to costs.
• Understanding of case law relevant to costs drafting.
• Experience of working with case management systems.
• Good client care skills.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you haven’t been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future. We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest. Liberation Recruitment Ltd encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Liberation Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Liberation Recruitment is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.