Your Role
and What You'll Be Doing
You will join Partners James Davies and Deborah Rose who lead the team of specialist serious injury lawyers at our Bristol and Cardiff offices. The team is dedicated to ensuring that those people who suffer life-changing injuries through no fault of their own, receive appropriate and enabling rehabilitation to promote independence where possible.
Your role will involve but is not limited to:
Supporting case handlers in the running of the cases by assisting case handlers with litigation processes to achieve appropriate resolutions for our clients.
1. Supporting with the administrative elements of case progression
2. Achieving time recording targets to ensure profitable working.
3. Attending and contributing to team/practice area meetings and engaging with colleagues to ensure team objectives achieved.
4. Engaging in Business Development activities where appropriate
About You
5. Excellent client care and inter-personal skills, operating with integrity and showing empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances.
6. A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach including working regularly across two office locations (Bristol and Cardiff) when required as well as remotely.
7. Enthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal, whether you have previous experience or not.
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
8. 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
9. Generous and flexible pension schemes.
10. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
11. 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.