Debt Recovery / Dispute Resolution Legal Executive
- Employer
- Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
- Location
- England, Surrey, Woking
- Salary
- £25000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefit Package
- Closing date
- 12 Dec 2019
- Reference
- J56277
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- Practice area
- Civil litigation
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Newly qualified, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, Not applicable
- Position
- Paralegal, Solicitor, Trainee and graduate
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
DEBT RECOVERY / DISPUTE RESOLUTION LEGAL EXECUTIVE
WOKING, SURREY
SALARY: NEGOTIABLE, DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE
Our client, a leading local law firm requires a Trainee or Chartered Legal Executive to join the Dispute Resolution Department based in Guildford on a full time basis.
This role will suit someone who is currently studying for their CILEx qualification or who is already qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive, with a genuine interest in litigation and debt recovery.
Duties of the role include;
- To efficiently carry out the debt recovery process from preparing pre action letters to undertaking enforcement action.
- To ensure all administrative tasks to include filing, photocopying, archiving and data entry are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
- To handle some mortgage repossession cases where we act in cases where the borrower is deceased without family.
- To manage a caseload of matters under the supervision of your manager.
- To assist other fee earners within the Dispute Resolution Department on an ad hoc basis with various tasks in support of the Departmental business needs.
- To develop and improve internal knowledge management systems as appropriate to increase productivity and improve client service.
- Applicants must be IT literate and confidently able to use Word, Outlook and Excel with good attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a track record of being a team player, have superior client service, a real desire to help people, a "can do" attitude and a willingness to get involved with all aspects of supporting this thriving department.
Salary is depending on level of qualification and experience, and is very much negotiable.
All candidates of suitable experience are very much encouraged to apply.
Please contact Carl Pace, Legal Recruitment Consultant, to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration.
Douglas Scott are a legal recruitment expert and the UK's leading law firms trust us with their legal vacancies. You can therefore apply for our London legal jobs with confidence. We are a regulated recruitment consultancy and will discuss this role and seek your approval before submitting an application directly to the decision maker.
Please see our website www.douglas-scott.co.uk for more legal positions in London and the South East.
Company
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment are multi-award winning legal recruitment experts.
Our business – put simply – is to remove the pain points candidates may otherwise experience on their journeys.
Sure, we act for legal professionals of all levels making lateral moves, taking steps up the ladder or looking for contract legal opportunities.
And yes we can boast a network of connections that spans nationwide private practice, the UK’s in house legal departments and now the Middle East, Asia and the Far East.
But we are the only REC and APSCO affiliated legal recruitment specialist with an ISO9001 accredited quality management system and the Investors In People Gold Standard award.
And by externally validating our day to day activities in the wider business community we have been able to place customer experience at the heart of our business proposition.
Which means people like dealing with our team – a very experienced, settled and happy bunch they epitomise the Douglas Scott brand personality and will demonstrate a genuine interest in you and your career.
- Website
- http://www.douglas-scott.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0161 233 6360
- Location
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Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
No1 Spinningfields
1 Hardman Square, Spinningfields
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3EB
GB
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