About The Role
We are looking for a diligent individual to join our Real Estate Healthcare team as a Paralegal, based in our Birmingham city centre office. This team acts for buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, developers and lenders in commercial property transactions. Working with clients such as healthcare providers, veterinarians, pharmacists and dental practitioners. This is a growth hire, to join the expanding team.
Responsibilities
* Undertaking legal research, using appropriate methods and sourcing, presenting the results in an accurate and timely manner.
* Drafting legal documents using appropriate precedents and templates.
* Ensure all work complies with risk management policies and procedures, in line with GDPR.
* Provide legal support to the team and act as a legal resource, providing help where required.
* Diary management for the team, ensuring all deadlines are met in a timely manner.
* Undertaking legal processes, under supervision, such as routine file management (including opening and billing).
* Take an active role with the Paralegal and Trainee (PT) group and attend networking events or careers fairs.
* Take an active part in promoting the firm and department through social media channels such as LinkedIn, X and Facebook.
About You
As a Paralegal you will need to have:
* Legal qualification, preferably post LPC or working towards (or equivalent).
* Ability to work as an effective member of a team and to offer support to peers where required.
* Client service focused.
* Proactive self‑starter who demonstrates a willingness to learn and the ability to manage a growing workload.
* IT literacy and accurate typing capability.
* Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
* Excellent organisational capability with attention to detail in all aspects of your work.
Our ideal candidate would be ready to start mid‑April.
About Us
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.
Benefits of working with us as a Paralegal include
* 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
* Annual bonus scheme up to 10%
* Life Assurance
* Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (4% employer contributions)
* Healthcare cash‑plan (providing you with financial support for private medical, dental and wellbeing)
* 1/3 gym membership contribution (in addition to access to on‑site gym)
* Electric vehicle scheme
* Happy People/Perks at Work benefits portal
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Flu vaccinations
Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference. Our career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by individuality in each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.
Why HCR people love their jobs
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.
What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 50, we provide the full range of services that you would expect from organisations, business leaders and individuals. In our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 1000 lawyers and support staff, including more than 180 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.
With 13 offices in England and Wales our well‑established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly across all our regions, and are well‑respected as a regional firm with a strong London and international presence. With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.
As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces‑friendly organisation.
If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.
A note for recruitment agencies – The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership.
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