# Assistant File Handler

**Company**: Davies
**Location**: Liverpool
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Insurance

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## Description

We are seeking an Assistant File Handler to join our Abuse and Social Care Team. This team handles complex, high-profile cases and frequently appears in appellate courts.

Key Responsibilities:

- Assist file handlers in progressing files

- Review and analyse relevant documents

- Examine liability, quantum, and causation

- Liaise with clients

- Ensure compliance with court directions and timetables

- Draft documents and correspondence for clients, courts, witnesses, and claimants' solicitors

- Instruct and liaise with counsel and experts

- Complete and update management information

- Meet chargeable targets

- Assist in preparing document bundles for hearings

- Comply with client service level agreements

The role involves working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with a 1-hour unpaid lunch break.

## Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

- Understand clients, colleagues, and others

- Excellent communication skills

- Prioritisation and pressure handling abilities

- Strong organisational skills

- Adherence to guidelines and procedures

- Teamwork and independent work capabilities

- Experience in abuse or social care claims is desirable

- Experience in personal injury work is desirable

## Benefits

- Davies Incentive Plan

- 25 days holiday per year, increasing with service level

- Simply Health Care Cash Plan

- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support, and virtual wellbeing services

- Death In Service benefit after 1 year's service

- Pension Contribution: 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

- Discounts at local retail outlets

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- organisational skills
- prioritisation
- teamwork

### Nice to have
- abuse or social care claims experience
- personal injury work experience

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