OLPL Portal Fee Earner

Job Title: OLPL Portal Fee Earner

Location: Sharston, M22 4HH

Salary: £25,250 per annum with a very generous Portal Bonus Scheme

Job type: Full time, Permanent

Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is our core business.

Express Solicitors are currently ranked 80 out of more than 10,000 law firms in the UK and ranked in the top ten for the Best Law Firm to work for in the UK by Best Companies. We have a 5-star ranking with Trust Pilot from over 6,000 reviews, which, coming from our clients, means a lot to us.

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 to join our Portal Team in the OL/PL department. Tenacity, ability and enthusiasm are more important than qualification. You will be expected to manage your own caseload in the role.

For candidates we offer strong supervision channels, excellent training including away days, chance to join a highly ambitious and growing firm. We have high quality non-CMC work and a positive working environment. We also have a roof garden with table tennis, as an addition to our strong range of employee benefits, more details below.

Person specification:

• Take initial instructions from client and complete FN009
• Ensure correct accident circumstances, injuries and potential losses are recorded on the file
• Obtain FOAs for medical records and request from medical agency
• Research to ensure the claim is submitted to the correct potential Defendant(s)
• Research into accident location, requesting photographs, CCTV, receipts etc. to ensure the appropriate evidence is obtained as early as possible
• Consideration of the relevant Statute/law to draft allegations to the Defendant
• Consider Claimant's injuries to ensure correct protocol is being followed
• Submit Claims Notification Form (CNF) or Letter of Claim to the Defendant(s)
• Chasing Defendant and/or insurer for response
• Consideration of denial and/or disclosure received from Defendant
• Weekly review with supervisor
• Ensure client is kept updated throughout process
• 60+ CNF/LOC per month target to attain £100 bonus

Salary, Hours & Benefits:

• A basic salary of £25,250, with a very generous Portal Bonus Scheme.
• Excellent regular training including away days.
• Strong development opportunities and regular supervision.
• Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday
• 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation
• 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days
• 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
• Extra day's holiday for your birthday after 2 years' service
• Private medical insurance available after 2 years' service
• Death in Service - 2 x salary
• Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
• Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion.
• Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more
• Enhanced Maternity Leave payment if you have over 1 year tenure
• Other benefits including Employee Assistance Programme, free fruit & annual flu jab

Recruitment Process:

Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning.

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