Job details
| Job ref |
allhires129 |
| Salary band |
Up to £20k |
| Salary details |
unknown |
| Location |
West London |
| Job type |
Permanent |
| Experience |
N/A (support position) |
| Job Sector |
Any |
| Company |
IBB Solicitors |
| Contact |
unknown |
| Practice areas |
Legal Aid |
| Professional levels |
Admin |
| Posted |
18/01/2012 |
| Expires |
14/02/2012 |
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Job Description
The Group Head for Community is Malcolm Underhill
IBBhas built a reputation for quality of service in pursuing compensation in cases involving accident, illness or death.
Our lawyers are members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), the Spinal Injuries Association, Accident Line, the Association of Child Abuse Lawyersand Headway, the brain injury association.
We are specialists in head injury, spinal injury and child abuse claims.
Our personal injury lawyers will meet you face to face, provide a free first interview and advise about various forms of funding, including no win no fee agreements.
IBB currently have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Administrator to join our growing Personal Injury team based in our Uxbridge office.
We require a committed individual with a genuine desire to develop a career within Personal Injury. This role will not lead to a training contract; however the learning and experience potential is vast.
The role includes:
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To provide a high quality legal service to all clients on all aspects of personal injury claims with regard to:
a) taking statements and instructions from clients
b) entering into correspondence and negotiation with insurers
c) carrying out preliminary investigations into liability and quantum, including research
d) advising as to offers of settlement made, under supervision
e) drafting schedules of special damages
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Provide assistance to solicitors within the PI team with their caseloads, to include preparing interlocutory applications and if appropriate, attending the same together with preparing more complex schedules of special damages.
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Adhere to the Law Societys client care directive and to the firms own policies as set out in the office manual.
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Maintain good file management as set out in the office manual.
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Establish and maintain links with clients of the team.
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To be self sufficient in the production of correspondence, accounts, etc.. With the use of the PC and relevant WP and accounts packages.
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To keep abreast of all professional developments and participate in team training activities as appropriate.
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Contribute towards the operational efficiency of the team by participating in group and team meeting developing legal and personal skills within the team context.
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To ensure that all chargeable work is properly recorded on client matters.
Person Specification
IBB Core Values One IBB Be part of it.
When working at IBB Solicitors you should expect to live by a set of shared values and behaviours. These values support our strategy of becoming a Leading Regional Law Firm. You are expected to be:
Positive
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Expecting the best of yourself and your colleagues
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Being confident in your knowledge and contemporary in your outlook
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Informing yourself of the IBB vision and strategy and helping to achieve our collective goals
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Consistently achieving and overachieving against your individual performance objectives
Caring
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Caring about our clients, your colleagues and our community
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Being personable, trustworthy and loyal
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Building lasting relationships with clients and colleagues
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Demonstrating exemplary standards of compliance and risk awareness
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Actively and enthusiastically supervising junior staff to build their quality, development and confidence levels
Engaged
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Taking ownership of your actions
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Being enthusiastic, enterprising and energetic in your work
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Being responsive and accessible to your clients, colleagues and team leader: Being an engaged follower and team player as well as an engaged leader
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Consistently achieving and over achieving against your team and individual performance targets
United putting Firm before team before self
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Sharing knowledge and business development opportunities across teams and promoting our firm as a cohesive unit
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Communicating clearly and honestly, and being considerate in what you say
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Participating enthusiastically in practice management initiatives including attendance and delivery of training courses, seminars, technical updates and learning lunches.
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Acting as a role model for those around you and looking for opportunities to develop junior staff
Remuneration
£17 - 19,000 per annum.
This job expired on 14/02/2012
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