Litigation Executive - Serious Injury

Parkinson's UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an ambitious Litigation Executive with Serious Injury experience to join their successful team. This role involves managing a varied caseload, ensuring client expectations are met, and handling new claims efficiently. The firm values diversity and supports professional development, offering a flexible working environment and a range of benefits. If you are passionate about making a difference in the legal field and have the skills to succeed, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Hybrid working

25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays

Buy and sell annual leave

Employee Referral scheme

Health and Wellbeing Programmes

Life Assurance cover

Workplace pension

Free legal help

Discounted lawyer led legal services

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in Serious Injury and managing own caseload.
• Ability to assess claims and manage customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Manage claims in accordance with service level agreements.
• Handle new claims and update the Claims Management System.

Skills

Serious Injury experience

Case management

Customer service

Education

Law degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Claims Management System

Job description

Due to continued growth and success we are currently recruiting for an ambitious Litigation Executive with Serious Injury experience to join our successful team.

One of the UK’s top specialists, our Serious Injury team deals with a wide variety of cases, ranging from spinal cord injuries, amputation and limb damage, along with fatal incidents.

We are seeking those who have demonstrable experience within Serious Injury and can manage their own caseload and assess claims, ensuring that the customers expectations around the process and timescales are well managed, along with handling new claims, actioning them in accordance with our service level agreements and updating the Claims Management System.

Previous experience within Serious Injury is desirable.

Who are we?

Slater and Gordon are a leading consumer law firm, and our mission is to give people easier access to world class legal services. We are a legal services business powered by technology and led by people that support customers in every step of their case.

Client service is at the heart of Slater and Gordon and we take pride in the impressive headlines we generate, demonstrating our range of work and the relentless pursuit of justice by our Solicitors.

At Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK) we are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation. So, we’re building a culture where difference is valued. Our culture motivates our employees to give their full selves to the job and invest in the company’s future. Our people see value in their work and are eager to do well in their roles. Our values ensure that all our employees are working towards the same goals.

Our core and voluntary Benefits:

1. Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
2. 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment
3. 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
4. Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
5. Employee Referral scheme
6. 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
7. Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
8. Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of an illness or injury
9. Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
10. Life Assurance cover
11. Workplace pension
12. Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
13. Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services

Your Professional Development

We will also 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:

1. We do what we say we will
2. We don’t wait we create
3. We own it, we sort it
4. We respect and encourage each other
5. 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.