UK- Crawford Legal Services- Paralegal Recoveries

Salary and Benefits:

26 days holiday, including a day off for your Birthday, company pension, dental plan, employee assistance programme plus other excellent benefits you’d expect from a leading global organisation

Equal Opportunities:

At Crawford & Company we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion; we aim to infuse it into everything we do – underpinning our strategy with three core elements:

Consciousness

Capability

Culture

We welcome applications from all candidates, no matter their background. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today, we’re looking forward to your application.

Position Summary:

Due to continued growth, we looking for an experienced Paralegal to support settlement of claims within our successful Subrogation and Recovery team.

General Background, Experience & Professional Qualifications:

You’ll have previous Litigation experience teamed with handling sensitive and confidential information, ideally gained within the Claimant Insurance sector, although similar industry experience is just as valuable to us. A relevant qualification would be ideal, but if you’re qualified by experience and can demonstrate this then that’s just as valuable to us too. You’ll also need:

• The ability to build relationships at all levels, communicate effectively and build trust and influence stakeholders.
• Be flexible in supporting senior fee earners, to share the workload and for personal development
• Enjoy working in a fast paced environment, with no two days the same giving variety and a personal challenge
• Keep up to date with case law and legislation
• Excellent communication skills at all levels
• A positive attitude and a proactive approach to solving problems.
• Willingness to support colleagues and peers and offer help.
• Responsiveness to change and change management
• Good Time management
• Good IT skills, detail orientated.

Key Responsibilities:

You’ll be assigned your own caseload of claims to manage, so you’ll have process ownership from pre-litigation, driving claims through to litigation and final settlement. Most claims will be civil litigation (contract, tort and statute), so dispute resolution will pay a large part of your work, alongside drafting court proceedings, relevant legal documentation and gathering all information associated by speaking with clients and witnesses.

Effective negotiation is key: You will be undertaking factual and legal research, gathering evidence to support and creating a clear case plan for the desired outcome to be approved by a supervisor.