Job Description

Assistant Lawyer

Department: Legal

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Bolton

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing documents and preparing reports.
• Dealing with disclosure.
• Reviewing evidence (including medical/personnel records).
• Conducting investigations with Insured/obtaining witness statements.
• Instructing Counsel/Experts
• Research.
• Drafting generally.
• Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel.
• Dealing with routine correspondence.
• Court appointments.
• Liaising with and taking instructions from Insurers and Insureds.
• Ensure adherence to Court timetables
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct 2011.
• Adhere to the Keoghs Values

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Technically proficient in dealing with a range of mixed disease cases.
• Effective negotiator.
• Ability to use own initiative.
• Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken.
• Good listening and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail.
• Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
• Ability to work under pressure and to target
• An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
• Good level of IT skills

Job Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)- will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
• 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
• Critical Illness Cover
• PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites