Description
The role of Paralegal is to support the members of the litigation motor team in achieving Client KPI’s and SLA’s. The team handles cases from corporate clients with a value of up to £100K. The litigated motor team is growing and the role of Paralegal is a great stepping‑stone for someone wanting to embark on their legal career.
Working Hours
35 hours per week, Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch. Primary location for this role is our Liverpool Office, St Pauls Square. We are hybrid workers with attendance required 1 day a week and 4 days from home.
Key Accountabilities
- To undertake a range of duties on files including diarising court orders, dealing with CRU, sending chasers, processing imprest payments, completion of MI file closure and other delegated chargeable non‑legal tasks.
- To achieve a chargeable target.
- To assist with other non‑chargeable duties including file closures/transfer and other administration tasks as requested by the team.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
- Established interest in law either through further education or experience within a process‑driven legal environment.
- IT literate; proficient in MS Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Ability to plan and prioritise workloads.
- Calm under pressure with the ability to re‑prioritise and delegate effectively when required.
- Confident with the ability to take initiative to innovate and adapt to changing situations.
- Good team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a result and ensure client service levels are met.
- Work effectively within the Keoghs Shared Behaviour framework.
- Confidence to seek advice and guidance when dealing with new tasks.
- Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to follow instruction with attention to detail.
- Client care – respond professionally to client requests and maintain an even disposition while handling sensitive or confidential material.
Benefits
- Davies Incentive Plan
- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
- Simply Health Care Cash Plan
- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
- Death In Service – after 1 year’s service
- Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee Volunteering Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme after successfully completing probation
- Tech Scheme after successfully completing probation
- Season Ticket Loan after successfully completing probation
- Gym Flex after successfully completing probation
- Access to Online Discount Sites
- Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
- Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
- Discounts at local retail outlets
