Job Description
Costs Draftsperson/Legal Aid Billing Coordinator
Family Law Group are a leading firm of Solicitors dedicated exclusively to family law. We believe that everyone deserves access to quality family law expertise, regardless of their background or financial situation.
We are building for a great future here at Family Law Group and are looking for enthusiastic and talented people to come on that journey with us.
ABOUT THE FIRM
We are a dynamic national law firm who specialise in all areas of family law and provide the very best advice to both private and legally aided clients. We believe that every client should be treated as if they are our only client, by listening to their concerns, understanding their needs, always being approachable and supporting them through difficult times.
We are an established legal practice with a diverse workforce spread out over 12 offices, specialising in all areas of family law including divorce & separation, child arrangements & social services, care proceedings, matrimonial finance & property, mediation, collaborative law, forced marriage and domestic abuse injunctions.
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, ambitious, able to learn quickly and work diligently and professionally in pursuit of our clients’ instructions. You should be capable of prioritising work in such a way as to ensure that the firm’s billing is progressed efficiently and so, excellent clerical, communication and administration skills will be required. The role involves other necessary tasks to aid in the progression and management of client cases.
In return you will be joining an exceptional team and a firm that has clear values and principles in place.
You will be joining a team that is headed up by some of the leading lawyers in this specialist area of law.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
- Demonstrated experience in Legal Aid costing and billing
- Strong knowledge of all aspects of Family Legal Aid
- Proven track record of working with Legal Aid KPIs and audits
- Prepares, finalises, and submits Legal Aid bills
- Prepares, finalises, and submits Legal Help bills
- Applies for Payments on Account (POA)
- Strong knowledge and proven management of VHCCs
- Working knowledge of the CCMS system
- Liaises with relevant bodies regarding Counsel fees, Court fees, Process Server fees, and disbursements in a timely manner
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactively chases final orders from the Court and Legal Aid certificates
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Proven ability to prioritise workloads in line with billing requirements
- Excellent IT skills, including advanced knowledge of Excel
WHAT WE OFFER
- Salary dependant on experience
- The chance to work at an Investors in People Gold Standard Accredited Law Firm
- Ongoing training and professional development, with access to extensive family law training material via MBL, Lexis Nexis and our in-house training site
- One to one mentoring to empower all of our staff to achieve their full potential
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays plus the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days holiday at the start of each year
- Contributory pension scheme
- Membership of Employee Ownership Trust and bonus scheme after qualifying period
- Cycle2Work Scheme
- Great company events, including an annual weekend conference where all offices get together and firmwide Charity Fundraising Events
- Paid Study Leave when progressing through the SQE route or gaining a Training Contract through the firm
- Advanced Employee Assistance Programme with legal, financial and wellbeing advice and counselling available 24/7/365 via the telephone or via the My Healthy Advantage App
- Medicash Healthcare Cover after completion of probation
- Fully paid legal memberships and subscriptions
- The opportunity to join an ever-growing Diverse and Inclusive Team with an excellent company culture
- Remote working available 2 days per week after probation and training has been completed.
At Family Law Group we pride ourselves in finding the best available talent and encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. For some of our vacancies we receive a high volume of applications and therefore may need to close this advert early.
Your current employer will not be contacted for references until you have accepted any job offer. All job offers are subject to the receipt of satisfactory references.
*_Note to recruitment agencies*_:
- We hire the majority of our talent directly, by word of mouth or via referrals. On occasions, we will look for external support and will release vacancies to our recently reviewed Preferred Suppliers List.
Work Location: In person
