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Recruitment Officer - Cardiff

The Recruitment Officer will provide professional and high quality, customer focused recruitment administration and support across the recruitment function of HR, enabling NewLaw to achieve its business objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Recruitment

1. First point of contact for recruitment activity and queries both internally and externally
2. Responsible for updating and maintaining the NewLaw website and external jobsites ensuring all vacancies are marketed through the appropriate medium
3. Responsible for the administration of the NewLaw careers inbox, in addition to logging, tracking and responding to all CV’s from various sources
4. Utilising jobs boards and any other appropriate sources in order to recruit more efficiently and reduce costs
5. Arranging interviews and assessments with Team Leaders, ensuring diaries and meeting rooms are updated and providing support to the recruitment and selection process as appropriate
6. All recruitment administration from initial CV, through to offers of employment and letters to unsuccessful candidates
7. Responsible for ensuring that recruitment requirements are met in line with the Manpower plan
8. Taking a pro-active position to ensure recruitment is conducted in a timely and efficient manner
9. Be pro-active in the sourcing of candidates to meet business objectives

New Starters

1. Carry out reference, qualification and Solicitors Regulation Authority checks for all new starters
2. Ensuring all new starter information and handbook are sent to employees prior to their starting date
3. Liaise with Administration, Facilities, and IT teams regarding new starter and leaver requirements.

General

1. Overall responsibility for maintaining secure paper and electronic based recruitment records
2. Responsible for producing general HR correspondence including invitations to interviews and regrets letters
3. Keep up to date with employee handbook and HR policies and procedures relating to recruitment
4. Provide general administration and support dependent upon business requirements.
5. Provide a monthly report to the HR Director on recruitment activities including costs



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ULR Junior Litigator - Bristol

The ULR Junior Litigator will profitably manage a caseload of uninsured loss claims acting at all times in the best interests of the Claimant.

Reporting to the Litigation Team Leader, the ideal candidate will be required to:



Litigate cases for uninsured losses and ensure that existing caseload is managed within required timescales.
• Ensure that all of the work carried out within the ULR Team is of the highest standard.
• Assist the Team Leader in respect of all litigated matters both Small and Fast Track within the ULR Team.

The Role

a. The Junior Litigator will manage a workload of files, in accordance with the instructions of the Team Leader. The caseload will consist of Small Track claims with the potential for Fast Track cases where deemed suitable.
b. Any claims that fall outside the Junior Litigators individual authority level are to be reported to the Team Leader.
c. Junior Litigators will comply with the firm’s standard service levels and those that are applicable to particular accounts as a result of client preference.
d. Junior Litigators will handle all cases in the best interests of the Claimant at all times. Any circumstances that prevent this or create a potential conflict are to be reported to the Team Leader and/or the Operations Manager.
e. Junior Litigators will manage their files to ensure that all time spent is accurately recorded.
f. Junior Litigators will manage their files to ensure that all payments made and received are accurately recorded and the procedures relating to payment of disbursements and damages are followed at all times.
g. Files will be maintained in accordance with the file maintenance procedures.
h. Filing will be kept up to date and in date order.
i. The Case Management system will be used properly and effectively in accordance with agreed procedures.
j. Any complaints to be reported immediately to the Team Leader and/or the Operations Manager.
k. Any mistakes or errors are to be reported immediately to the Team Leader.
l. All files in the Junior Litigators system are to be reviewed once per month and a note made on the file (the cabinet review).



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HR Administrator - Cardiff

The HR Administrator will provide a professional and high quality, customer focused service and support across a wide range of HR functions, enabling NewLaw to achieve its business objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

1) First point of contact for recruitment activities and queries, both internally and externally
2) Responsible for administration of the NewLaw website and external job sites ensuring all vacancies are marketed through the appropriate medium
3) Ensuring all new starter information and staff handbooks are sent to employees prior to their start date
4) Manage the administration of starters, leavers and contractual changes, including the preparation of contractual documentation and payroll information
5) Responsible for maintaining secure paper and electronic based employee files
6) Administration of sickness absence forms and meetings
7) Responsible for leavers process, to include calculation of annual leave balances
8) Providing written confirmation of termination of employment to employee and updating payroll
9) Create and update weekly headcount (starters/leavers) reports by specific weekly deadlines
10) Maintain and provide statistical and management information on recruitment costs and sources of candidates on a quarterly basis
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Serious Injuries Case Assistant - Cardiff

Objective

Reporting to the SIT Team Leader the CA will be responsible for assisting the solicitors on the serious injuries team with their case loads.

Duties and responsibilities:

a. Dealing with routine administration tasks within the serious injuries team
b. Assisting the team solicitors with their case work under their direction.
c. Taking statements from clients
d. Attendance at court with counsel and taking notes
e. Meet with clients, witnesses and counsel on straightforward matters
f. Liaise with hospitals, medical experts and barristers on routine matters
g. Prepare file documents in readiness for file handler
h. Collate schedules of special damages.
i. Attend conferences with counsel and provide full reports to the conducting solicitor.
j. Assemble trial bundles for conducting solicitor's review and agreement
k. Conduct research on legal points and investigate quantum issues
l. Pay fee notes and request cheques as appropriate
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ULR Litigator - Bristol

ULR Litigator will profitably manage a caseload of uninsured loss claims acting at all times in the best interests of the Claimant.

The ideal candidate will be required to:

• To assist the Team Leader with the supervision, monitoring and development of the junior members of the ULR Team.
• To ensure that all of the work carried out within the ULR Team is of the highest standard.
• To assist the Team Leader in respect of all litigated matters both Small and Fast Track within the ULR Team.

The Role

1. Case Handling

a. The Litigator will manage a workload of files, in accordance with the instructions of the Team Leader. The number of files will depend on the level of seniority, the complexity of the cases and the value thereof. This will consist of a balanced caseload of Small Track and Fast Track post litigation work.
b. Any claims that fall outside the Litigators individual authority level are to be reported to the Team Leader.
c. Litigators will comply with the firm's standard service levels and those that are applicable to particular accounts as a result of client preference.
d. Litigators will handle all cases in the best interests of the Claimant at all times. Any circumstances that prevent this or create a potential conflict are to be reported to the Team Leader and/or the Operations Manager.
e. Litigators will manage their files to ensure that all time spent is accurately recorded.
f. Litigators will manage their files to ensure that all payments made and received are accurately recorded and the procedures relating to payment of disbursements and damages are followed at all times.
g. Files will be maintained in accordance with the file maintenance procedures.
h. Filing will be kept up to date and in date order.
i. The Case Management system will be used properly and effectively in accordance with agreed procedures.
j. Any complaints to be reported immediately to the Team Leader and/or the Operations Manager.
k. Any mistakes or errors are to be reported immediately to the Team Leader.
l. All files in the Litigators system are to be reviewed once per month and a note made on the file (the cabinet review).
m. Litigators to monitor and manage own compliance with targets in respect of income and file closure rates.

2. Mentoring/Supervision

a. The Litigator will assist in the supervision and development of and management of the caseload handled by the ULR team litigators.
b. The Litigator will check and sign incoming and outgoing post received and produced by the ULR team litigators.
c. The Litigator will assist other case handlers within the ULR team with ad hoc queries
d. The Litigator to report to the Team Leader, any training requirements identified for each litigator as a result of the mentoring or review procedures.
e. The Litigator to assist in the training programme where required.

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Case Assistant Care Home Fee Recoveries - Cardiff

An opportunity has arisen in our Care Fee Recovery Team. We are looking for candidates to manage a caseload of claims pursuing the recovery of care home fees against the NHS. The role will involve reviewing medical evidence to establish a patient's health needs/potential claim, collating medical evidence, reviewing eligibility criteria, drafting letters of claim and liaising with NHS Primary Care Trusts/Health Board, patients and medical practitioners

Previous experience in this area would be an advantage although not essential as full training will be provided.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1) Progressing a case load of care home fee recovery claims using a case management system.
2) Collating and reviewing medical evidence
3) Liaising with clients, relatives of clients and medical/nursing practitioners/providers.
4) Develop the case management system into new areas of volume Private Client work.
5) Assisting with precedent template development.

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Litigator - Cardiff

Objectives of a Litigator

To profitably manage a caseload of litigated personal injury road traffic accident (RTA) claims acting at all times in the best interests of the Claimant.
Reporting to the Litigation Team Leader you will be responsible for:

1) Conducting a case load of Fast Track pre and post litigation work.
2) Managing your own case load within NewLaw's standard services levels and those applicable to particular client accounts.
3) Delivering on a set of income and process related KPI's
4) Working with more junior members of the team to develop their technical and operational skills


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Multi track Solicitor (Grade A) - Cardiff

The objective of the role will be to profitably manage a caseload of PI claims, acting at all times in the best interests of the Claimant.

The ideal candidate will also assist the Team Leader with supervision, monitoring, and development of less experienced members of the Multi Track team.
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Fixed Term - Administrator, Serious Injuries Team - Cardiff

The Administrator will provide general assistance and administration to the Serious Injuries Team. The main duties will include, but are not limited to:

1) Collating file bundles and preparing papers for trial
2) Collating medical records as required
3) Filing, file management and housekeeping
4) Photocopying, faxing, and scanning of documents
5) Administration of file opening and closing
6) Incoming and outgoing calls to clients / insurers
7) Sorting and distribution of mail


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