Title: Industrial Disease Solicitor
Department: Military Claims Team
Salary: £35,000 – £45,000
Location: Manchester city centre
Hours: Full-time [Monday – Friday]
Type: Hybrid
The role will require an excellent understanding of all aspects of litigation in personal injury, specifically military claims and knowledge also of industrial disease matters. The candidate must have an ability to manage a high workload whilst at the same time have a solid understanding of litigation and the Civil Procedure Rules and the regulations and legislation concerning military claims.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The Industrial Disease Solicitor will be responsible for taking individual responsibility for a caseload of military claims both litigated and pre-litigated alongside responsibility for industrial disease claims where appropriate. The caseload will consist of complex and/or high value military claims and some Industrial Disease claims.
- Working to targets and deadlines
- Working with Proclaim CMS
- Managing a high and varied litigated caseload
- Providing both a quality and speedy service to internal & external clients and referrers
You will have experience in:
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience.
- Experience of dealing with complex and high value claims against the Ministry of Defence, fast track/multi-track litigated cases including Short Tail and Long Tail diseases and other industrial disease cases
- Excellent working knowledge of the CPR
- Excellent drafting capabilities of court documents
- Excellent advocacy skills
- Excellent understanding of cost budgeting and cost case management conferences
- Assertiveness and a determination to “get things done”
- Good customer service skills
- Good organisational & interpersonal skills
- Good oral communication skills
- PC literate having a basic knowledge of the Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Be a good ‘People’ person and work well as part of a team.
- A working knowledge of PROCLAIM or equivalent
What you will receive:
- 25 days annual leave + Birthday Holiday + Bank Holidays
- Company Pension
- Medicash Heath Plan
- Bonus structure
- Encouragement of internal progression
- Encourage internal and external training