Recovery Litigator

Davies; Bolton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Recovery Litigator to join its dynamic litigation team. This role involves managing a portfolio of litigated cases, ensuring compliance with critical deadlines, and effectively utilizing a case management system. The ideal candidate will thrive in a legal environment, possess strong organizational skills, and demonstrate excellent communication abilities. With a commitment to personal development and team collaboration, you will contribute to achieving team targets while delivering quality work. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment that values your contributions.

Benefits

Davies Incentive Plan

25 Days Holiday

Simply Health Care Cash Plan

24/7 Online GP

Death In Service Benefit

Pension Contribution

Cycle to Work Scheme

Tech Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Gym Flex

Qualifications

• Experience in a legal environment with a focus on litigation management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and case management systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of litigated cases and ensure compliance with deadlines.
• Draft court documents and liaise with policyholders effectively.

Skills

Legal Environment Experience

Quantum Negotiations

Deadline Management

Customer Communication

Work Organization

Team Collaboration

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)

Listening Skills

Verbal Communication

Stress Management

Tools

Case Management System

Job description

Recovery Litigator

Department: Claims Management

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Bolton

Description

Keoghs is the leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector. The department deals with pursuing subrogated recoveries on behalf of a number of insurer clients. This is a new role in our litigation team. The purpose of the role is to effectively manage a portfolio of Delegated (DA) litigated cases to review and submit to the Court in terms of litigation.

Key Accountabilities

• Organising, prioritising and handling own workload in line with standard operating procedures to ensure that critical dates are met and KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved.
• Effective management of the litigation process to ensure KPI’s and SLA’s are achieved:
  • Reviewing pre-litigation files to ensure readiness for litigation
  • Drafting and serving of court documents
  • Liaising with the policyholder including drafting
• Effective use of the case management system to ensure:
  • Reserving and all other key information is accurate and updated in a timely manner.
  • Critical dates are met
  • All actions/strategies are documented by way of a file note
  • All documents in the history are clearly labelled.
• Delivering quality work, as a minimum meeting audit benchmark standards.
• Driving own personal development.
• Contributes to team effort by working collaboratively to ensure that team targets are achieved and by positively contributing to team morale.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Experience of working in a legal environment.
• Preferably experience of quantum negotiations.
• Demonstrate experience of and the ability to:
  • Work to set deadlines
  • Deal with calls and enquiries from customers, suppliers and/or the public
  • Organise and prioritise their workload
  • Work as part of a team
• IT literate: proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages (Excel and Word)
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Ability to take constructive feedback and set personal goals for continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death In Service – after 1 year’s service
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets

*after successfully completing probation