Paralegal, Corporate - Employment

The role

This is a great opportunity to join our friendly and supportive Employment team as a Paralegal. You will provide first class support to a number of fee earners and work closely with the Employment PA team. This role will offer you the opportunity to develop your Paralegal skills and become an integral part of the team.

We handle the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. Our clients include recognised names both nationally and internationally, particularly in the Financial Services, Energy, Media, Retail & Leisure and professional services sectors.

The Employment team consists of three Partners, two Consultants and two Legal Directors who are supported by a team of Associates and a Solicitor. We are looking for someone to join us to provide support to the whole team, predominantly across contentious matters but this role will also offer you the opportunity to work with non-contentious matters as required.

Role responsibility

• Providing administrative assistance in the preparation for Employment Tribunal and County and High Court claims.
• Document management, legal research, proof reading and drafting of basic documents and letters.
• Bundling – both electronic and hardcopy (copying; compiling; preparing an index; paginating).
• Assisting with DSARs (filtering and redacting).
• Printing and small volume photocopying and scanning, managing the workflow of large volume tasks to the Document Production Centre.
• File opening and closure, following compliance rules.
• Collating and indexing legal documentation.
• Proactively managing fee earner diaries and inboxes, making appointments and co-ordinating meetings including organising meeting rooms, video conference facilities, refreshments, travel etc.
• Responding and dealing with external or internal telephone calls and queries in a professional manner, taking clear and concise messages.
• Preparing account forms e.g. Chaps payments.
• Preparing agendas, presentations and meeting papers, including print production and timely distribution.
• Coordinating the end-to-end billing process and Elite financial reporting.
• Ensuring BD is fully informed of any BD activities and updating the schedules as required.
• Supporting PAs where required, especially during any absence.

About you

This role would suit candidates with;

• Proven experience in a similar Paralegal role, with experience in Employment litigation
• Familiarity with the Employment Tribunal and High Court documentation / proceedings
• Experience in pdfdocs and e-bundling
• Experience of Microsoft packages (including Word; Outlook; Excel; and Powerpoint)
• Excellent time and project management skills
• The ability to work well in a deadline driven environment
• Excellent attention to detail
• A proactive approach to work and supporting colleagues
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• A genuine interest in Employment law

Preferred systems experience

• BigHand digital dictation system.
• Elite 3E.
• DocuSign.
• Carpe Diem.
• Lexis Smart Forms or Laserforms.
• CRM.
• Chrome River.
• Document management system (e.g. iManage).
• PDF Docs and Adobe.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters.

We have grown substantially in recent years, including two mergers and an office move. We’ve also matured in terms of our approach to providing advice to our clients, seeking to simplify and improve the experience of working with a modern, independent law firm.

We’re proud of our journey. Without losing sight of where we’ve come from, we are focused on where we’re going. We are evolving and growing every day. And just like our clients, we are ambitious and moving forward. Many of our clients are entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises who are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. We are one of the only London based law firms with a large private wealth offering alongside significant business law capability.

The firm also advises major corporates on particular specialist legal matters who find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.