Overview
Excellent opportunity for a Family Paralegal to join a modern and vibrant private practise firm in London on a 12-month contract basis.
The successful candidate will support the firm’s lawyers on day-to-day client matters and administrative tasks.
Paralegals are responsible for managing their own workload and keeping solicitors informed of their capacity and availability to complete additional tasks.
Responsibilities:
- Preparing bundles (electronic and/or paper) for Counsel and Court
- Collating enclosures to Forms E and other financial disclosure
- Reviewing disclosure
- Engrossing wills
- Drafting lasting powers of attorney
- Attending conferences with Counsel and meetings with clients and taking notes
- Liaising with Court officials and Counsel clerks by telephone and email
- Using the online portal to submit financial consent orders and draft divorce petitions
- Updating correspondence or other documents in tracked changes with solicitors’ amendments
- Engrossing letters, collating attachments and sending correspondence by email, post and DX
- Setting up correspondence files for new clients and maintaining electronic filing
- Drafting the firm case update each week
- Assisting with general office administration as needed including, drafting emails, setting up meetings, booking couriers, sending post, collecting the DX and archiving.
Essential requirements:
- The successful candidate will ideally have prior paralegal experience in a busy firm and have completed the LPC or BTC, where applicable. They will also have knowledge of the intermediate features of Microsoft Office applications and Adobe.
- The role involves a number of responsibilities and, therefore, we are looking for proactive candidates with drive and enthusiasm. The successful candidate should be able to manage their workload and prioritise effectively. The firm holds itself to high standards and candidates applying for this position should work with the same ethos.
- The successful candidate will be encouraged to attend internal training and seminars, as well as external networking events.
The role is based in Southwest London on a hybrid basis (3 days a week in the office)
Salary £28K
If you feel you have the skills and experience to be suitable for this role, please send your CV for consideration.
*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.
Job Tenure: Contract and Full-Time
Salary: £25000 – £28000 per annum
Location: London,
