We are seeking a permanent, full-time Legal Aid Billing Assistant for our busy and expanding Family Department.
Location: The Family Department have teams across multiple offices and therefore we are open to the successful candidate being based at one of the following locations, and/or alternatively a hybrid working model can be agreed after an initial period of training:
📍Birmingham;
📍Black Country – Oldbury;
📍Hertfordshire – St Albans;
📍Kent [Canterbury & Margate];
📍Leeds;
📍London [Barnet, Croydon, East Dulwich, Hammersmith, Woolwich];
Your Profile:
You will preferably:
- Have experience using the Legal Aid Agency Client and Cost Management System (CCMS).
- Have excellent attention to detail.
- Have excellent organisational Skills: A strong ability to organize and prioritize tasks is essential for managing a high volume of billing activities efficiently.
- Possess excellent communication Skills. The ideal candidate should possess strong verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information clearly and professionally.
We would like the ideal candidate to:
- Review communications from the Legal Aid Agency for fee earners in the department, including-
- Actions;
- Notifications;
- Communications about High Cost Case Plans.
- Save communications from the Legal Aid Agency on our case management system, and liaise with Family Department Staff where necessary.
- Oversee Family Department claims process for disbursement and invoices from experts being made to the Legal Aid Agency; liaising with the experts, our Accounts Department and fee earners where necessary;
- Be involved in the allocation of Counsel fees on the Legal Aid Agency Client and Cost Management System (CCMS).
- Liaise with our Costs & Billing Team, the court and counsel chambers where required.
- Be the point of contact between the Family Department and Costs Team for files closing and being transferred over for billing.
- Provide assistance to the wider Costs Department with billing of Family files where required.
Working with us:
The salary bracket for this this position will start at £25,000 and will be dependent on location and experience.
We will offer ongoing training and support to develop your career as part of a strong and growing multi-office team.
Our offices are friendly, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment in modern IT to enable you to work proficiently.
We offer a great package of annual leave to ensure you get enough time away from work. Our annual leave for this role provides 23 days (plus bank holidays / Christmas and New Year). We review annual leave and increase with service.
Employee benefits with GTS:
- Competitive base salary.
- Pension Scheme with employer contribution.
- Benenden Health Care.
- Administrative support.
- Firm laptop
- Ongoing training and development.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Support from colleagues for case cover.
- Supportive supervision from mentors.
- Annual appraisals and salary reviews.
- Bi-annual parties for Summer and Christmas.
- Additional perks and benefits.
- Competitive training packages.
We are a multi-office, multi-service Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners firm recognised for excellence in a variety of legal fields.
Please send your CV and a cover letter to our dedicated HR team via email on: recruitment@gtstewart.co.uk.