DETAILS OF THE VACANCY
Job Title Senior Legal Counsellor x 2 Location Legal Call Centre Salary Grade Senior Legal Counsellor Grade One (1) Reporting to Branch Manager Reporting staff None Type of Position Permanent Working hours Mondays to Fridays from 08h00 – 16h30 ( subject to operational requirements)
Alternate Saturdays from 09h00 – 12h30 ( subject to operational requirements)
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The purpose of this position is to assist the Branch / Departmental Manager with some of the management functions and members (clients) with legal advice and paralegal solutions to common problems, within the parameters set by the Company and the Scorpion Legal Protection Membership Agreement. In addition, to support the department(s) in streamlining day to day legal quality controls and staff support.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following :
Auditing and assessment of case files.
- Assessment of paralegal claims ensuring quality of service to members
- Conduct quality checks on at least 7 claims per day, providing feedback and
coaching to LC’s / ALA’s.
Ensure that referred claims and / or other claims from the Legal Call Centreare assigned to the relevant Departments within 48 hoursFacilitate claim referrals and authorisations timeously Attend to Case and Diary Managementfor Legal Counsellors and Legal Assistant.Assist Line Manager by ensuring staff compliance with Pinnacle SLAs,LCC SLA’s ,Service quality & Implementation of the Legal Quality ServiceCharter Compliance with Best Practice Rules
Work with the Line Manager to monitor and ensure compliance with Best Practise Rules of the various departments and the Legal Call Centre practise rules Provide Legal advice and telephonicassistance to membersAssist with call intake and telephonic consultation with members as and whenrequired based on operational requirementsAssist Line Manager with other duties as required Attending to Customer complaintsAttending to complaints in accordance with the Complaints HandlingPolicy & Procedure, Pinnacle SLAs, and any other internal companypolicies such as Best Practices, EO Communications etc. Members / Claimants InterviewsObtain objective feedback from members / Claimants on the quality ofservice delivery of the branch / dept. Training and Staff developmentAssist Line Manager with recruitment and selection recruitment for the DepartmentAssist Line Manager with Biannual performance reviewsProvide leadership and guidance to legal staff as and when required Departmental Optimization &Queuemetrics
Ensure efficient servicing of members by ensuring Call Centre capacity issufficiently optimizedMonitor call activity and service levels and Wallboard (Queuemetrics)Attend to staff scheduling and Roster compilation#J-18808-Ljbffr