Litigation Legal Assistant

Corclaim; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Birthday bonus day off

Hybrid working

Job summary

Corclaim, part of the Ampa Group, is recruiting for its Debt and Asset Recovery team in the Birmingham area. We offer a competitive salary with private medical, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, a birthday bonus day off, and a supportive, autonomous working culture.

Hybrid working (3 days per week) is available at our Stratford-upon-Avon/Birmingham office. You will train to manage your own caseload, handle client liaison, and thrive in a busy, telephone-focused role.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months’ administration experience, ideally in legal or professional services.
• Competency with IT systems to include Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience in debt or asset recovery is advantageous.
• Experience running your own caseload or using a case management system is ideal.
• Ability to work well in a team and develop good working relationships.
• Good communication skills with the confidence to liaise with colleagues and clients.
• Ability to produce high standard of work with accuracy under pressure.
• Flexibility, initiative and confidence in your own ability.

Responsibilities

• In this role we will train you up to manage your own caseload. It’s varied and busy with opportunities to engage in client liaison.
• You’ll need to enjoy telephone work and juggling a busy day; previous collections experience helps but isn’t essential if you have strong customer service.

Skills

Administration

MS Office

Debt/Asset recovery

Caseload management

Teamwork

Communication

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Tools

Case management software

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Our Debt and Asset Recovery team have numerous Litigation Legal opportunities within the team!

We can offer you:

• A competitive salary with great benefits including private medical, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and a bonus day off for your birthday
• A culture of trust, empowerment and autonomy over your work
• Part of a vibrant, forward- thinking team with the support of friendly, approachable partners who encourage and support your career development
• Hybrid working (3 days per week minimum) based within our Stratford-upon-Avon/Birmingham office.

Key Responsibilities

In this role we will train you up to manage your own caseload. It’s varied and busy and there is good opportunity to get involved in client liaison.

You’ll need to enjoy telephone work and juggling a busy day! Previous collections experience preferred but not essential if you have an aptitude for customer service we’ll show you the rest!

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• a minimum of 6 months’ administration experience, ideally gained within a legal or professional services environment
• competency with IT systems to include Microsoft Word and Excel
• experience gained in the area of debt or asset recovery will be advantageous
• previous experience of running your own caseload and / or using a case management system is ideal, but not essential
• the ability to work well in a team and develop good working relationships with colleagues and others
• good communication skills with the confidence to liaise openly and clearly with colleagues and clients
• the ability to produce a high standard of work, sometimes under pressure, whilst maintaining accuracy and good attention to detail
• to be able to demonstrate flexibility, initiative and confidence in your own ability

Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have hubs in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, London, Lincoln, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Southampton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sheffield & Tunbridge Wells.

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Additional information:

Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Equal opportunities

Corclaim, as part of the Ampa Group is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

About Corclaim

Welcome to Corclaim, where we specialise in mitigating financial and reputational risks for businesses through scalable solutions tailored to market demands. Our consultative and proactive approach builds trust with clients and prospects, ensuring we protect brands while enhancing their reputations.

At Corclaim, dealing with vast quantities of legal work is ingrained in our ethos. We are united by process-driven methods and leading technology that enable us to offer specialist services including uninsured loss recovery, debt and asset recovery, and legal costs services across the UK.

Join us at Corclaim and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that make a real difference for our clients. Grow your career in a collaborative environment where your skills and expertise are valued, and where you can contribute to the success of our clients and our company alike.

We are proud to be a part of Ampa, a group focused on unlocking potential. We believe in the power of &: corporate & human, purposeful & profitable, ambitious & inclusive. Ampa Group provides the shared infrastructure, development programmes, culture, values and empowered working framework that enable our brands, and our people, to thrive. For you, that means access to award-winning learning, flexibility built on trust, and opportunities to collaborate across a diverse network of specialists.