Your Role
and What You'll Be Doing
The Leeds Employment team is led by partner Jenny Arrowsmith. We provide support to businesses in a variety of different sectors and individuals. The work undertaken by the team is therefore varied including advice on redundancies, disciplinary and grievances, whistleblowing, discrimination, settlement agreements, TUPE, absence management, trade union matters, pay and contract work.
We have a collaborative approach to how we work, both with clients and internal colleagues.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a paralegal within our Leeds Employment team. You’ll be supporting colleagues with a focus on contentious Employment Tribunal work, predominantly cases that are funded by Legal Expenses Insurance (LEI).
LEI is a dedicated area of work within our Leeds team, so you’ll benefit from working closely with other colleagues who do similar work as you, as well as being part of the wider Leeds and Northern team. The types of cases are varied with a mix of Claimant and Respondent claims and can include multi-party or high value claims and more straight-forward dismissal, discrimination or wages claims. In all respects, you’ll have supervision and support in the cases you’re involved in from solicitors in the team. Working with colleagues and also having direct client contact on most matters, you’ll be able to extend your expertise in all areas of employment litigation and enhance your practical skills of communication, organisation, teamwork and efficiency.
It’s a busy role with plenty of opportunities for your professional development and you’ll be immediately making a significant contribution to how our LEI team delivers ongoing excellent service to our LEI clients.
About You
1. Some previous Paralegal experience, preferably in employment law but subject area is not essential
2. Great communication and organisational skills
3. The ability to interact with clients and external organisations
4. A friendly, enthusiastic and can-do approach
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
5. 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
6. Generous and flexible pension schemes.
7. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
8. Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!
Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.