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The Role

Award-winning Leeds Firm is looking for a Solicitor, Legal Executive, or experienced Paralegal to join their busy and well-established Psychiatric Injury department.

The department deals with a variety of psychiatric illness matters but is a specialist in the niche area of Stress at Work claims. The vacancy would be to manage an established caseload of Stress at Work claims with the opportunity for future involvement with other psychiatric illness matters.

Our clients are dedicated to delivering a professional, yet friendly and personal service, which puts clients first and is flexible and considerate of their mental health needs.

Key Tasks

* Managing (under supervision) a caseload of complex and predominantly multi-track personal injury cases for psychiatric illness caused by stress at work;

* Undertaking fee-earning work and providing a profitable contribution to the Firm.

Essential Experience

* Solicitor, Legal Executive, or experienced Paralegal with a minimum of 2 years fee earning experience;

* A minimum of 2 years experience in dealing with and handling litigated personal injury cases in areas such as Industrial Disease and/or Clinical Negligence.

Desired Experience

* Some experience in handling Employment Tribunal cases or good knowledge of employment law in consideration of the overlap between personal injury and employment in stress at work cases;

* Experience in working with vulnerable clients/individuals;

* Working knowledge of using the case management system Proclaim.

Key Competencies

* Excellent customer service

* Confident and polite telephone manner

* Excellent time management

* Ability to organize and prioritize work

* Ability to cope well in a demanding environment

* Analytical approach to reviewing information

* Flexible attitude to work

* Ability to work as part of a team

Salary

* Dependent upon experience (£45,000 to £55,000)

* Plus a competitive bonus scheme based on fee income

Working hours

* Monday to Friday – 09:00 to 17:00

* Full-time role

* Flexible home working with at least 3 days requested in the office