Cost Administrator – Public Law & Community Care Judicial Review Department – Nottingham

Cost Administrator – Nottingham

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Costs Administrator to work in our Public Law & Community Care Judicial Review Department. The successful candidate would be based at our Nottingham Office and would support our Public Law & Community Care Judicial Review Department.

Nottingham office – Public Law & Community Care Judicial Review Department

Full time – Monday – Friday, 9am – 5.30pm (office based)

Salary – Above market rate – subject to experience

Job Specification

• Assist with submitting Legal Aid bills via CCMS.
• Assist with preparing Legal Help claims.
• Assist with negotiating settlement with the paying party in Inter-Partes costs claims.
• Fully conversant with CCMS and legal aid systems. Uploading documents onto CCMS in a timely manner as per LAA requests.
• Dealing with any rejected claims and submitting appeals as necessary.
• Awareness of and aptitude to meet Legal Aid KPI’s.
• Ensuring compliance with Legal Aid rules and internal office policy.
• Liaising with Counsel’s Chambers in order to obtain fee notes for billing purposes.
• Allocating Counsel’s fees on CCMS.
• Liaising with fee earners.
• Undertaking other clerical and administrative duties as may be reasonably required from time to time.
  
  

Personal Specification

• Ability to work under pressure and process a high volume of claims accurately.
• High level of numeracy and accuracy when dealing with figures.
• Good negotiating skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment and autonomously, proactively managing your own caseload.
• Experience of using Case Management Systems.
  
  

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of Legal Aid Agency rules relating to assessment and recovery of solicitors costs in publicly funded files (preferable).
• Court rules for lodging bills (preferable).
• Court costs assessment procedures (preferable).
• Basic Accounting Principles (preferable).
• Experience of Judicial Review work (preferable).