Serious Injury Team Leader

Location Wakefield
Discipline: Legal
Job type: Permanent
Salary: ££42000 - £62000 per annum
Contact name: Robert Addy

Contact email: robert.addy@craconsultants.com
Job ref: BBBH14428_1678811154
Published: 17 days ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen with one of our West Yorkshire clients, for a Team Leader to join their highly successful Serious Injury Department.

The Role

Working alongside and supporting the Team Manager, you will help supervise caseloads within your team and provide coaching and guidance to colleagues whilst also ensuring that operationally the team are meeting their targets and performance objectives.

The Person

Ideally you will:

* Have a solid technical knowledge and understanding of Personal Injury/RTA work;
* Considerable experience (approximately 8 years or more) working on multi-track claims with a value of £25,000 - £200,000 upwards;
* Previous experience of providing supervision and feedback to colleagues including conducting 1-2-1's, personal development plans and performance reviews;
* Previous experience of sharing knowledge and guidance to help ensure colleagues progress;
* Excellent knowledge of all legislation, rules and protocols in this area of law;
* Excellent numerical skills and the ability to prioritise work quickly and accurately and to sometimes tight deadlines;
* Be a good figurehead and team leader who can lead with integrity and be respectful of the views of your team whilst also successfully motivating colleagues;
* Have excellent interpersonal skills for liaising both with your team and your clients;
* Be comfortable delivering training programmes to colleagues;
* Have previous experience using electronic case management systems and have good IT skills;
* Be flexible in approach with a solution-focused and "can do" attitude, whilst being robust enough to deal with changing circumstances and sometimes challenging situations;
* Be prepared to be accountable for your own actions and decisions; and
* Be willing to research and use new technologies when needed.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Personal Injury Fee-earner who is keen to lead and inspire others as a Team Leader. Please do contact CRA on 0114 241 8030 for further information or click "apply."

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