Trainee Recoverable Costs Negotiator

Office Locations: Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bolton, Southport, Newcastle, Reading, Birmingham, Northampton, Cambridge, Derby, Oxford and Nottingham

Hybrid working available – with the flexibility to work from home and collaborate in-office when needed. We believe we offer our colleagues the best hybrid and flexible working practices, balancing working from home with time collaborating and socialising with colleagues in our modern offices.

Fletchers Group have a fantastic opportunity to join our growing Team.

Are you detail-driven with a passion for accuracy and process? Fletchers Solicitors is looking for a dedicated Trainee Fixed Recoverable Costs Negotiator Team to support our dynamic Costs Recovery team. In this essential role, you’ll prepare and process Fixed Recoverable Costs schedules and Final Statute Bills (FSB), ensuring precise records and effective communication with clients, insurers, and third parties.

This hybrid opportunity offers the perfect blend of flexibility and collaboration, backed by a supportive team culture and excellent company benefits. If you enjoy balancing administrative tasks with analytical problem-solving, and want to contribute to the smooth and efficient recovery of legal costs in a leading law firm, we’d love to hear from you.

• 35 hours working week
• Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days’ holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment
• Pension scheme with NI-efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on Linked In)
• Monthly voucher awardsfor winning nominees
• A genuinely supportive and friendly culture
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

Main Responsibilities
:

• Prepare schedules of Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC) in accordance with current legislation and practice.
• Draft Final Statute Bills (FSB) and ensure accuracy in cost calculations and presentation.
• Review and check FSBs and FRC schedules prepared by others to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Locate and compile disbursement vouchers to support claimed costs.
• Send prepared cost schedules and FSBs to the paying party and maintain clear communication.
• Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date records of all prepared FSBs and FRC schedules.
• Proactively chase responses from paying parties regarding submitted schedules.
• Address preliminary issues or queries raised by third parties concerning submitted costs (training provided).
• Monitor cost recovery progress and provide regular updates to the team supervisor/manager.
• Refer complex or unresolved cases to the supervisor for further review or escalation.
• Assist in the drafting of short-form FRC bills of costs as required (training provided).

Essential

Skills and Experience:

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Proclaim case management systems.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to keep accurate and organised records.
• Effective communicator, both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills.

We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.

Fletchers is a fast-growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical…