Job Title: RTA Portal Litigation Executive
Location: Northenden, Manchester
Salary: £19,500 per annum (OTE £21k)
Job type: Permanent, Full Time
Express Solicitors is a top 200 Law firm that specialises in all areas of personal injury including public liability, occupier’s liability, road traffic accidents, employer’s liability, industrial disease, serious injuries and clinical negligence. We pride ourselves in the work we do helping injured people.
We are Law Society accredited and are a Legal 500 Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. Six of our Partners are members of the Law Society Specialist Personal Injury Panel.
Our employees are our most important asset and have been instrumental in helping us recover millions of pounds each year for injured people. No doubt at Express Solicitors we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
About the role:
We are currently looking for a fee earner for our RTA Civil Liability Act Portal Submission team to join our Road Traffic Accidents department.
This role will be handling new files handed over from our new client’s team, speaking to clients to discuss the RTA CLA portal process and obtain any necessary information and then submitting the claim on the RTA CLA portal. The role also requires searches to be undertaken to collate information and the instruction of medical experts for a medical report. This is an exciting opportunity to join a firm that has a solid commitment to staff training and progression.
We envision this role to lead to greater opportunities including but not limited to a training contract.
About you:
- Good customer care skills including empathy and the ability to obtain information
- High degree of accuracy
- Administration or telephone-based customer service background is preferable
- Experience with the RTA portal is a distinct advantage
- Experience of a case management system
What can they offer you?
- The salary for the RTA Portal Submission Fee earner is £21K OTE (£19.5K basic)
- Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.
- 20 days holiday, rising 1 day per year to a max of 23 days, plus bank/public hols. In addition, the office is closed between Christmas and New Year and you are not required to use your holiday entitlement for this period
- 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
- Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service
- Death in Service – 2 x salary based on annual salary only – eligibility commences when you join the company
- Active social committee, firm pays for trips to e.g. Bowling, Chester Races, Christmas party, Summer Barbecue
- Employee Assistance Programme which offers 24-hour helpline, Legal info and CBT – available immediately
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Fee Earner, Legal Caseworker, Newly Qualified Solicitor, Law Graduate, Junior Solicitor, Lawyer, PI Solicitor, Personal Injury Lawyer, Chartered Legal Executive, Personal Injury Caseworker, PI Caseworker, Personal Injury Fee Earner, PI Fee Earner, RTA Caseworker, RTA Fee Earner will also be considered for this role.
