Settlement Coordinator

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Settlement Coordinator

Slater and Gordon Lawyers are a leading personal injury and class actions law firm where every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we are people caring for people.

Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-long service leave, together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

Employees covered by our Enterprise Agreement, will also enjoy access to additional paid service leave, a confirmed 1 July salary increase, an annual wellness reimbursement, career development opportunities, and much more.

What are we looking for?

Join our National Settlements Team!


This is a permanent full-time role based in our Melbourne office with a dynamic and experienced team to support you (2 days in office and 3 from home after

training).


Whether you have experience in banking, finance or the legal field and are looking for a new challenge, this is a great way to broaden your existing skill set with an established company in the area of billing and settlements to help finalise and settle legal matters, as well as working alongside experienced lawyers and support staff.


In this role you will be responsible for but not limited to:

Establishing and maintaining professional working relationships with key internal stakeholders
Managing the post settlement, end to end client experience for personal injury claims, ensuring clients are kept informed about the process
Correspond and communicate with external stakeholders to ensure settlements are paid in a timely manner
Accurately monitor, calculate and distribute client’s settlement monies
Understanding and keeping up to date with changes to cost and trust regulations
Actively contribute to the enhancement of processes and procedures
What will you bring?

This role will ideally suit someone with an administration background (not essential). Our ideal candidate will also bring the following skills and attributes to the role:

Strong communication skills
High level of accuracy and attention to detail
Strong numerical literacy and problem solving skills
Ability to take initiative, work to deadlines and multitask
Strong prioritisation time management skills
Expertise with the MS Office suite
Strong client relationship skills
Proactive and flexible work approach, including being a team player
What next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Slater and Gordon. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies. Read more