Project Engineer

McKie Recruit are pleased to share this fantastic opportunity in a top 100 law firm. The firm is a market leader in both the Personal Injury Sector and Clinical Negligence. Our client are currently in an exciting period of growth and thus wish to recruit a solicitor with at least 7 years PQE. The hiring firm pride themselves on facilitating both personal and professional development for their team, and are ideally looking for an individual that aspires to work towards becoming a partner.

Our client are looking to recruit an individual who not only wants to achieve excellent results for clients and contribute to the success of the team but also wants to develop their own professional reputation. The Head of Department is willing to support the successful candidate in applying for and obtaining Law Society Clinical Negligence panel accreditation and feature in chambers and Partners.

The caseload will be a mixed range of CN work, both pre issue and issued cases, with a focus on higher value and more complex claims against NHS Hospital Trusts and GPs. Catastrophic Injury work is also available for the right candidate.

To assist in achieving goals and targets, the role will be supported by a secretary and assistant.

Requirements

• Experience of higher value clinical negligence work
  
• Proven billing track record of handling a mixed CN caseload, including issued cases.
  
• Ability to hit KPI s
  
• Genuine tenacity. Strong CPR and Litigation skills.
  
• Excellent client care ability, with a passion for achieving the best possible outcome for our clients.
  
• Knowledge of Proclaim case management system.
  
• Organised and efficient
  
• Willing to act as a team player to help the continued success of the team
  
• Will consider applications from candidates with robust PI skills and experience of high value cases.
  
• Ideally Law Society/Avma accreditation but not essential
  
• An understanding of the issues within the CN sector and landscape
  
• Ideally, experience in writing blogs and / or marketing CN work
  
• Willing to attend marketing and fundraising events
  

Benefits

• Salary depending on experience, but in excess of 70,000 for the right candidate, along with a very generous commission scheme, paid monthly in arrears.
  
• Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday. There is a degree of flexibility which can be discussed at interview.
  
• 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation
  
• 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days (3 days reserved for Christmas closure of the office)
  
• 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
  
• Extra day s holiday for your birthday after 2 years service.
  
• Private medical insurance available after 2 years service
  
• Attendance at AVMA two day conference ( paid for by the practice)
  
• Attending fee earner meetings and training sessions (bimonthly)
  
• Death in Service 2 x salary
  
• Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
  
• Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion.
  
• Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
  
• Enhanced Maternity Leave payment if you have over 1 year tenure
  
• Other benefits including Employee Assistance Programme, free fruit & annual flu jab
  

- Experience of higher value clinical negligence work - Proven billing track record of handling a mixed CN caseload, including issued cases. - Ability to hit KPI s - Genuine tenacity. Strong CPR and Litigation skills. - Excellent client care ability, with a passion for achieving the best possible outcome for our clients. - Knowledge of Proclaim case management system. - Organised and efficient - Willing to act as a team player to help the continued success of the team - Will consider applications from candidates with robust PI skills and experience of high value cases. - Ideally Law Society/Avma accreditation but not essential - An understanding of the issues within the CN sector and landscape - Ideally, experience in writing blogs and / or marketing CN work - Willing to attend marketing and fundraising events