Paralegal - Costs - Birmingham

DAC Beachcroft; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Birmingham is seeking a Paralegal to join their Costs team. This full-time role involves managing costs challenges and ensuring compliance. The firm offers a supportive environment with opportunities for career growth and a comprehensive benefits package, including private medical insurance and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Income Protection

Discounted Gym Membership

Flexible Working Arrangements

Career Growth Opportunities

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in law or equivalent.
• Proficient in IT, especially Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• Managing a caseload of costs challenges, with individual claims up to £100,000.
• Ensuring quality control and compliance on your caseload.

Skills

IT

Commercial Perspective

Pressure Management

Education

Degree in Law

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

Paralegal - Costs - Birmingham

Department: CSG - Strategic (Advocacy / Costs / Safety, Health and Environment / Criminal / Abuse / Travel)

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Birmingham

Description

The CSG costs product handles approximately 700 instructions per month, covering a wide range of work types referred from various clusters within DAC Beachcroft LLP. The department's strategic goal is to provide litigation costs expertise on demand across all areas of the business, from low-value injury claims to complex, multi-million-pound international commercial litigation.

The product team includes two Partners, six Legal Directors, and two Associates, with a total of 53 lawyers, including Solicitors, Chartered Legal Executives, Costs Lawyers, and Paralegals.

The costs team is divided into specialized units, including paying party teams (handling claims up to £100,000), complex claims teams, and receiving party recovery teams. An opportunity has arisen for at least one paralegal role within the paying party section, which manages claims arising from various civil litigation areas such as personal injury, disease, clinical negligence, property damage, cyber, commercial, and international accidents. There is also a Scottish jurisdiction unit.

We welcome applications from candidates with no or minimal costs experience. This is a full-time position based in our Birmingham office.

What you will do?

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Managing a caseload of costs challenges, with individual claims up to £100,000.
• Ensuring quality control and compliance on your caseload, including accurate and timely management reporting.
• Demonstrating strong financial management of your files.
• Achieving targets related to chargeable time, financial performance, realization rates, settlement rates, and average claim spend, with a minimum of 1440 chargeable hours annually.
• Continuously developing technical knowledge through training and reading relevant publications.

Who you are

• Educated to degree level in law or equivalent.
• Proficient in IT, especially Excel and Word.
• Able to view legal issues from a commercial perspective.
• Capable of working under pressure and meeting deadlines.
• Aligned with the Firm’s Cultural Principles: Clear, Creative, Determined, and Supportive.

What's in it for you?

• Flexible working arrangements and a good work-life balance - more details
• A comprehensive remuneration package including private medical insurance, income protection, and discounted gym membership.
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development, including funding.
• Social events both in person and remote.
• Participation in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activities.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace aligned with our cultural principles. If you are interested in this role and our culture, but your experience doesn't match every qualification, we encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for this or other roles!