At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage legal aid claims and ensure smooth cash flow for the firm.
- Company: Join a supportive legal team with flexible working options.
- Benefits: Annual bonus, wellness packages, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Flexible location with excellent training and career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the legal sector while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in admin roles; legal sector experience is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
We are looking for a Billing/CCMS co-ordinator to join our internal Costs Team. This role will work closely with Costs Lawyers & Draftsman dealing with legal aid billing and will be responsible for submitting legal aid claims for payment to the legal aid agency via their dedicated billing systems (CCMS/SILAS) and raising bills for Solicitors fees on our case management system. This is a pivotal role in supporting the smooth running of cash flow within the firm and ensuring that cases are dealt with promptly and accurately.
Key Responsibilities
- Management of prepared legal aid claims from submission to payment
- Preparation of bundles of documents for submission to the legal aid agency
- Use of the CCMS system to ensure seamless processes for claims of legal costs
- Monitoring of the CCMS system to ensure that files are progressed in a timely manner, dealing with queries raised by the LAA and/or internally
- Calculation of fixed fee claims (with training)
- Working closely with Costs Lawyers/Draftsman and Barrister’s Chambers to ensure co-ordination and smooth processes
- Raising of bills of Solicitor’s fees
- Record keeping and file allocation and monitoring
This role offers flexible location options. Our teams are based across Bradford, Doncaster and Huddersfield, and occasional visits to these locations may be required, especially for those requiring further training.
What you'll bring
- Previous experience of working in an administrative/secretarial role, ideally within the legal sector, although those from other sectors will be considered.
- Be highly organised and be good with creating best practice systems to ensure systems run smoothly
- The ability to work within deadlines and to targets
- The ability to build relationships with stakeholders to ensure smooth working relationships
Benefits
- Supplemental Pay: Annual Bonus
- Long Service Award days - 1 for every 2 years of service (FTE)
- Paid Professional subscriptions
- Training and development
- Wellness packages
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption pay
- Group Insurances for Life Insurance, Critical Illness and Income Protection
- Apprenticeship Funding for training and development
- All Company equipment will be supplied for Hybrid working
