Assistant to Head of Costings
Family Care
Wolverhampton
Full time, permanent opportunity
We are looking for a meticulous Assistant to supporting our Head of Costing specialising in Legal Aid Agency work across our Criminal and Family Care departments. To be successful, you will need a minimum of 6 months administration experience of Legal Aid within a Criminal or Family department.
As an Assistant, you will be responsible for ensuring the compliance with the Legal Aid Agency Contracts including timely and accurate billing.
Who Are Talbots Law?
Talbots Law is proud to be an Employee-Owned Company and a member of the EOA. We were the first Employee-Owned Law Firm in the West Midlands.
Talbots is a Values led Company with a shared vision of "Working every day to be the best" for our people, our clients, and for our communities.
We are passionate about people being the best that they can be. We do this by providing a comprehensive package of high-quality Company benefits and rewards.
The Company is committed to the Real Living Wage Foundation, and we also hold the Disability Confident accreditation.
* Competitive salaries with annual review.
* Annual tax-free* profit-share.
* 25 days holiday + birthday + ex-gratia day + UK Bank Holidays + long service awards.
* Company salary-sacrifice pension scheme (4% from Talbots: 4% from employees).
* Group Life Insurance (3 x annual salary).
* Enhanced Company Sick Pay and Parental Leave.
* EV Car Leasing Scheme.
* Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programmes.
* Perkbox employee rewards & benefits platform.
* Medicash Health Cash Plan.
* Financial Health & Wellbeing Provision.
* Bank of Talbots (Annual employee credit for legal fees) and Financial Support Loans.
* Salary Sacrifice schemes.
* Established Company progression framework.
* Career progression plans (including financial / mentoring support towards professional qualifications where desired).
* Social events programme with larger event invitations extended to partners & families.
* Company gifts for celebrations and special life events.
* Commitment to charitable initiatives (currently main corporate sponsor of Acorns Children's Hospice).
What the job involves;
* Assist with the management of the Costing Department and liaise with the Head of Departments, ensuring all LAA regulations are communicated to the Costing and Family Departments.
* Complete regular ledger reviews with lawyers to ensure archiving and billing procedures are up to date as well as submitting all claims to the Legal Aid Agency.
* Support with any action points or questions from the Legal Aid Contract Manager, preparing for yearly Legal Aid Audits and the preparation and submission of all Legal Aid Tenders.
* Ensure compliance with Legal Aid Agency Regulations, SRA, Lexcel, Law Society Quality Scheme standards, SARs and accounting requirements.
What you need:
* To ideally have at least 6 months experience in a public law department, with knowledge of legal aid within in an administration function.
* Strong attention to detail, high level of accuracy with numbers and calculations and effective interpersonal skills, sensitivity, tact and diplomacy.
* Excellent administrative, planning, organisation and time management as well as being proficient in a variety of IT software, including all MS Office applications.
* UK driving licence & access to vehicle for community and business use, local and commutable to the Company's offices across the region.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From £24,043.09 per year
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Company events
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* Free flu jabs
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Life insurance
* Private medical insurance
* Profit sharing
* Referral programme
Application question(s):
* What are your salary expectations for this position?
* What is your current notice period?
* Please provide your full home address.
* Are you looking for Full time or Part Time positions?
* What working hours would this be?
* Do you require any hybrid working structure? If yes, please detail.
* How long would the commute take you to this office?
* What is your interview availability for this application?
* Do you have any planned holidays in the next 12 months, or other commitments we should be aware of?
* Which computer programmes / software are you familiar with?
Work Location: In person