Paralegal

Role Overview

This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a vibrant central hub of Paralegals, while also being embedded within a core legal department. You will be supported by a dedicated Paralegal Manager, who will help you develop your career, alongside Partners, Directors and lawyers within your department who will support your legal and technical development.

As a Paralegal at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], you will act as a key point of contact for lawyers and support staff, providing assistance across a range of matters while managing your own caseload where appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle your own caseload of files (where appropriate) from instruction, to issuing proceedings and enforcement under supervision.
• Undertake fee-earning work under supervision: creation of first draft client documentation; generation of client care correspondence; maintaining key client relationships; drafting of petition/court documentation; attendance at routine meetings/hearings plus minute taking.
• Deal with routine client enquiries and communications.
• General administrative tasks including monthly reporting and invoicing.
• Deputise for fee earners in their absence, passing urgent issues to a senior fee earner.
• Use telephone for quick response and client chasers.
• Provide support to fee earners in various departments as required.

Requirements

• Hold a Law Degree or Law Conversion qualification with a minimum of 2:1 classification.
• Previous Paralegal experience within a commercial Law Firm, ideally within Litigation.
• Confident communication both verbally and written with senior team members.
• Sufficient IT knowledge of Microsoft programmes, with a focus on Excel.
• Ability to quickly identify clients’ needs and provide excellent service.
• Effectively prioritise tasks based on importance and urgency.
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues across multiple departments.

Working Hours & Benefits

Full-time, Monday to Friday 9-5:30. Hybrid working (minimum 60% office-based).

• £26,228 per annum rising to £27,228 after 1-year.
• Annual performance-based bonus scheme.
• Minimum 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 31 days, with option to buy up to 5 days.
• Auto-enrolled workplace pension with minimum 6% employer contribution.
• 4x annual salary death in service benefit.

Company Values

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to being an inclusive employer. Our shared values: Embrace uniqueness, be serious without a suit, never lose sight of the bigger picture, two heads are better than one, take the bull by the horns, win and lose together.

If you need reasonable adjustments, please ask. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a Disability Confident employer. Learn more about diversity and inclusion.

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