Team Leader/Lead Fee Earner (Mixed Diseases)

The Team Leader will lead the team to meet objectives and deliver their work standards as agreed in the client’s SLA, while maintaining the commercial benefit to Keoghs.

The Team Leader will also maintain a caseload of mixed disease files including NIHL and HAVS matters and further provide supervision, technical support and training to their team.

Key Accountabilities

• Run a caseload of mixed disease types, including NIHL, HAVS, WRULD, Asthma and Dermatitis with the assistance of 2 Assistant Fee Earners.
• Plan and distribute workload across the team, paying appropriate attention to individual team member’s current capability, to ensure the timely and profitable completion of cases.
• Provide supervision and technical support to their team.
• Provide specific client briefs, updates and implement Keogh’s policies, procedures and local initiatives, including actions arising from audits, to effectively inform and engage staff to perform to the desired standards.
• Ensure compliance with benchmarks set by Keoghs and by clients whilst driving settlement and ensuring quality of delivery
• Identify and implement appropriate learning activities to ensure the achievement of appropriate authority levels and the ongoing development of all team members.
• Manage client finances, controlling FE/AFH/FHA costs, to ensure that work is delivered profitably and that cash flow is maximised.
• Act as the first point of contact for client complaints, taking action to resolve issues as swiftly and effectively as possible
• Complete projects and process updates in order to improve current operating practices or to address specific client issues.
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations

Working Hours35 hours per week Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch. Primary location for this role is Parklands, Bolton office

Recruitment Criteria:The successful applicant will ideally have the following skills:

• Experience in the file handing of disease claims
• Technical sign-off on litigated NIHL matters
• Proficient in all stages of the litigation process of disease claims

Demonstrate some prior experience of

• Successfully leading a project or a team to deliver on outcomes in insurance/legal sector (Desirable)
• Developing others through identifying learning requirements and gaps and formulating plans to improve performance/capability
• Proficient in MS Office (word and excel in particular) and experience of using a Case/Claims Management system.

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