Solicitor / Chartered Legal Executive / Experienced Paralegal

at  DAC Beachcroft

Job Introduction We are delighted to announce that we are looking for a Solicitor/Chartered Legal Executive or a candidate with pre-qualification experience to join our motor recoveries team on a permanent contract.
This role is within our Recoveries team and is a predominantly Claimant based role. You will have an excellent opportunity to develop your legal skills, knowledge and career within a supportive team and an ambitious firm.

DAC Beachcroft’s Claims Solutions Group Property team provides solutions to the Insurance Property Recovery Sectors. What’s in it for you?

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://jobs.dacbeachcroft.com/whats-in-it-for-you/
• A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
• Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
• In person and remote social events
• Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! What you will do The role is to work within the Motor Recoveries team. This is predominantly a claimant based role.

Depending on workloads in the team the candidate will be asked to undertake:

• General recoveries tasks consisting of investigatory and litigation work on all fast and multi-track files.
• Investigating liability, third party, customer and coverage based recoveries
• Handling their own case load, including negotiating quantum and settlement of damages with third parties
• Obtaining witness statements; contacting relevant parties to obtain salient documents; drafting letters of claim, issuing proceedings, disclosure, instructing Counsel/experts, progressing a file through to Trial.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT APPLYING

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.
We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our recruitment team can be contacted at csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.co

Please refer the Job description for details