Junior Costs Draftsman

6 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Oakwood Solicitors Full time

**Reporting to**: Head of Costs**:
**Department**: Costs**:
**Salary**:
£23,000 - £25,000 dependent upon experience

**Location**:
Leeds/ Roundhay

**About Oakwood Solicitors Ltd**:
Founded in March 2001 Oakwood Solicitors has quickly grown from a small local practice to a medium sized national firm offering a wide variety of specialist legal services to individuals and businesses.

Today it employs over 90 people (fee earners and support teams) in the North of Leeds. The Firm prides its selves on the very highest standards of customer service and a very personal nature of work.

**The Role**:
We have a requirement for a Junior Cost Draftsman to join the team_. _The purpose of this role is to draft Bills for all areas of the Firm, but predominantly Personal Injury including RTA, EL/PL, ID, Psychiatric Injury, Clinical Negligence.
- Drafting Bills
- Drafting Schedules of Costs
- Drafting Estimates of Cost
- Drafting Statements of Costs for Summary Assessment
- Drafting Precedent H documents
- Drafting Precedent Rs
- Be able to work with paper files and a Paperless case system

The successful applicant must be a good costs all-rounder who can handle the full costs cycle with a minimum of 1 year relevant costs experience.

An understanding of the Case Management System Proclaim is also helpful, but not a requirement.

**Key Skills Required**:

- 1 Year experience
- Good attention to detail
- Excellent numerical skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and to tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent IT skills with ability to process information using relevant software (databases, spreadsheet packages)
- Business acumen
- The ability to work and be managed as part of a team

**How to Apply**:



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