Costs Negotiator (Legal)

TL;DR

Costs Negotiator (Legal): Managing the settlement of legal costs for legacy industrial disease claims with an accent on costs strategy and settlement parameters. Focus on negotiating settlements via telephone and conducting advocacy in court hearings.

Location: Hybrid, primary location is Birmingham Office

Company

hirify.global is a leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses, and other suppliers to the insurance sector.

What you will do

• Review cases to formulate initial costs strategies and settlement parameters.
• Prepare points of dispute and identify strengths and weaknesses of claims.
• Negotiate the settlement of costs through telephone communication and meritorious arguments.
• Conduct advocacy at court application hearings, detailed assessment hearings, and mediations.
• Manage a personal caseload while delivering performance targets, SLAs, and KPIs.
• Delegate tasks to paralegals and actively support their technical development.

Requirements

• Degree and/or LPC and/or ALCD qualification.
• Knowledge of the Detailed Assessment process and relevant CPR provisions relating to costs.
• Previous experience in client/customer liaison, providing advice both verbally and in writing.
• Strong telephone negotiation and communication skills.
• Must be able to work from the Birmingham office.

Nice to have

• Experience in a similar junior costs negotiator role, either for claimant or defendant, handling own caseload.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment with working hours between 28-35 hours per week.
• Support and mentoring via a Personal Development Plan to enable career progression.
• Access to innovative legal technology, including the proprietary AI lawyer, Lauri.
• Professional environment focusing on resilience, growth, and commercial insight.

Hiring process

• CV Review and initial phone call.
• Interview stage.
• Offer and hiring.