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At Shine, we champion better justice for our clients. As our full‑time, permanent Deputy National Legal Costing Manager, you will be based in either our Brisbane or Melbourne CBD office. You will lead a team of eight, coaching them to success and driving strong outcomes while working closely with the national legal costing manager and other senior leaders.

Responsibilities

- Assist the national legal costing manager in managing team performance by allocating workloads effectively.
- Act as an escalation point for complex legal costing issues, proactively resolving them with internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide recommendations on optimal costing methodologies (court scale and loading, hourly rates, fixed fee and hybrid models) across jurisdictions to maximise case recoverability.
- Train legal teams on time‑recording practices, enhancing cost recovery efficiency.
- Coach legal, settlement and third‑party recovery teams on cost management, including cost agreements, recovery strategies, and settlement negotiations.
- Prepare accurate and comprehensive cost assessments for compulsory conferences, mediations and post‑resolution proceedings to optimise recoverability.
- Develop strategies to reduce client complaints regarding costs, thereby improving client service.




- Monitor compliance with relevant legislative and jurisdictional costing requirements.

Qualifications

- Significant experience as a legal costing solicitor with a thorough understanding of optimal costing methodologies.
- Desire and aptitude to lead a high‑performing team.
- Commercial acumen and the ability to drive enhancements to cost recovery efficiency.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including managing external cost assessors.
- Strong statistical and numerical skills, including advanced Microsoft Excel.
- Strong attention to detail and problem‑solving skills.
- A commitment to connecting with others and delivering exceptional results for clients.
- The ability to deliver outcomes across competing priorities.

Benefits

- Grow in a large, well‑established firm that treats you as a person, not a number.
- Make a real impact and challenge the status quo.
- Access in‑house learning programs and real opportunities to step up and grow.

We’re passionate about maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment here at Shine, celebrating differences across age, disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates.

Excited to join us and stand up to injustice? Apply now and build a career that means so much more.

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📌 Deputy National Legal Costing Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Shine Lawyers
📍 Melbourne