Paralegal - Property Team (SC Cleared)
Government Legal Department
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Bristol - hybrid (office working, 3 days a week)
Pay Rate: Circa £18 per hour Umbrella
Need Active SC Clearance
Essential Criteria
* Organisational skills – ability to manage and prioritise a constantly changing workload whilst supporting a senior lawyer
* Ability to create/maintain clear and effective filing systems
* Legal research
Main Activities
* Providing support to the Deputy Director leading the team
* Providing legal support to lawyers to help them build and maintain good relationships with clients
* Playing an active role in legal awareness for clients
* Carrying out legal research, presenting results and using it to inform notes or first drafts of advice
* Planning and implementing legal projects for the team, including providing process updates
* Making effective use of information and case management/filing systems (whether electronic or hard copy), including storing and retrieving information
* Collating and disseminating legal know‑how and updates from a range of sources
* Assisting with management of Knowledge Management (KM) for the Division, ensuring that the Division's knowledge is well maintained and easily accessible, and supporting the Division's contribution to GLD's KM activities
* Assisting in reviewing and proof‑reading various legal documents
* Helping maintain and organise files and documents
* Summarising documents
* Acting as a point of contact between clients, colleagues, and external lawyers
* Helping manage and track any deadlines
* Assisting with providing general administrative support such as scheduling meetings, taking minutes from meetings, filing and managing calendars
* Assisting with delivering client training and preparing presentations
* Participating in team meetings and contributing to the overall success of the legal team
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