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Application Deadline: 22 July 2026
Department: Legal
Location: Birmingham
Description
Costs Negotiator – Join a High-Performing Legal Team
📍 Location: Bolton or Birmingham or Liverpool
🕒 Hours: 28–35 hours per week
Why Join Us?
Are you an experienced Costs Negotiator looking to take ownership of your own caseload while developing your advocacy and negotiation skills?
We’re looking for a motivated and commercially minded individual to join our Legacy / Industrial Disease Costs team, where you’ll play a key role in driving early, effective costs settlements and delivering excellent results for clients.
You’ll be supported with structured development, mentoring, and real opportunities for progression within a collaborative, forward-thinking legal environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll manage your own caseload from start to finish, taking a proactive and strategic approach to resolving legal costs efficiently.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Reviewing cases and developing clear costs strategies and settlement parameters
- Preparing Points of Dispute and assessing replies
- Identifying strengths and weaknesses in both your case and opposing claims
- Leading telephone negotiations to secure favourable settlements
- Keeping clients informed with clear, timely updates
- Managing correspondence and ensuring SLAs and KPIs are consistently met
- Attending hearings, mediations, and conferences (remote and in person)
- Conducting your own advocacy in court where required
- Supporting and developing junior team members, including delegating tasks
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and internal quality expectations
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What we're looking for
Essential Experience & Skills
- At least 12 months’ experience as a Costs Negotiator managing your own caseload
- Knowledge of the detailed assessment process, including Points of Dispute
- Strong telephone negotiation skills and confidence dealing with opponents
- Experience liaising with clients and providing clear, practical advice
- Understanding of costs law, insurance litigation, and legal processes
- Ability to prioritise workloads and make sound decisions under pressure
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and case management systems
- Degree, LPC, ALCD or equivalent qualification
Your Personal Strengths
We’re looking for someone who:
- Builds strong relationships and values team collaboration
- Demonstrates resilience and stays composed under pressure
- Is motivated to continuously learn and improve
- Has a commercial mindset and puts client value first
- Is confident influencing outcomes through negotiation and persuasion
What You’ll Get
- A supportive team environment with experienced leadership
- Structured career development and mentoring
- Opportunities to build advocacy and technical expertise
- Exposure to high-value, complex cases
- A culture built on collaboration, innovation, and success
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Our Values
We are proud to be a business where:
- We are connected
- We are dynamic
- We are innovative
- We succeed together
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you're ready to take ownership of your career and make a real impact in a growing, specialist team, we’d love to hear from you.
Job Benefits
- Davies Incentive Plan
- 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
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