Assistant File Handler
Department: Legal
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Birmingham
Description
To assist the Lead File Handler with file handling tasks on a mixed case load within the Military Disease department, specialising in NIHL claims (noise induced hearing loss claims) and potentially other disease cases.
Key Responsibilities
* Reviewing documents.
* Dealing with disclosure.
* Reviewing evidence (including medical / personnel records/ Companies House records)
* Conducting investigations with Insured
* Instructing Counsel / Experts
* Research
* Drafting generally
* Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel
* Dealing with routine correspondence
* Liaising directly with the Claims Handlers and Managers.
* Complying with Clients instructions
* Willing to engage in Client development when required
* Assisting team in achieving goals and objectives
* Meeting agreed targets
* To ensure compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct 2011
* Adhere to the Keoghs Values
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Experience in handling and/or assisting on disease cases.
* Effective negotiator
* Ability to use own initiative
* Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken
* Good listening and verbal communication skills
* Ability to maintain concentration and pay attention to detail
* Ability to self-organise and self-prioritise
* Ability to work under pressure and to target
* An enthusiastic and hardworking individual
* Good level of IT skills
* Ability to work within the Keoghs shared behaviour framework
Job Benefits
* Davies Incentive Plan
* 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
* Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
* Simply Health Care Cash Plan
* WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
* Death in Service
* Critical Illness Cover
* PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
* Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
* Employee Resource Groups
* Employee Volunteering Programme
* Cycle to Work Scheme*
* Tech Scheme*
* Season Ticket Loan*
* Gym Flex*
* Access to Online Discount Sites
* Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
* Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
* Discounts at local retail outlets
* * after successfully completing probation