Full job description*As part of our on-going growth strategy, we are looking for a Lead File Handler to join our Industrial Disease team in Liverpool to help service their ever-growing roster of clients across Industrial Disease.
*Take ownership of your own caseload, including NIHL and other disease claims, while making a real impact on clients’ outcomes.
*Play a key role in shaping team strategy, mentoring junior colleagues, and identifying opportunities for innovation and growth.
*Join a dynamic, supportive, and sociable team with excellent career development opportunities

Key Responsibilities
*Overall conduct of allocated matters fixing strategy and liaising directly with clients
*Responsibility for Assistants & their development
*Ensure adherence with court timetables by taking relevant actions/delegation of tasks as appropriate
*Ensuring experts are instructed in sufficient time by taking relevant actions/delegation of tasks as appropriate
*Attending conferences with Counsel and clients
*Dealing with routine correspondence
*Compliance with MI
*To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
*Adhere to the Keoghs Values

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
*Demonstrates strong technical proficiency in handling NIHL disease claims as a Strong technical proficiency in NIHL claims; experience in other disease matters is a plus.
*Effective negotiator with excellent interpersonal, listening, and communication skills.
*Highly self-motivated, able to prioritise, organise, and work under pressure while maintaining attention to detail.
*Proactive contributor to team growth, sharing knowledge, supporting training, and improving processes.

Job Benefits
*25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
*Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
*Simply Health Care Cash Plan
*WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
*Death in Service
*Critical Illness Cover
*PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
*Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
*Employee Resource Groups
*Employee Volunteering Programme
*Cycle to Work Scheme*
*Tech Scheme*
*Season Ticket Loan*
*Gym Flex*
*Access to Online Discount Sites
*Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
*Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
*Discounts at local retail outlets
* after successfully completing probation