Location: Central London (Holborn)
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 9am 5pm (some flexibility available)
Flexibility: This role has a general expectation of 4 days in office
Salary: Circa £27K per annum
Closing Date: 28 September 2025
we reserve the right to close this advert earlier in the event we receive a large number of applicants
Interviews expected: 30 Sept 2025 & 01 Oct 2025
The Opportunity
As part of our Legal Services function, you will be an integral to supporting our practising solicitors and case assistants with their caseloads in order to ensure a first-class service to our members.
As you develop in your role we will assign you with your own small caseload of lower value claims, ensuring that you have the supervision and support to succeed
This role is perfect for candidates who have recently graduated and looking for their first professional role, or for more experienced paralegals who are looking to make the transition into clinical negligence law.
What You Will Bring
We are on the lookout for candidates who can evidence an ability to effectively:
- Assist in the management of pre-litigation claims
- manage litigated civil claims under supervision
- manage regulatory/advice claims under supervision
- manage coronial claims under supervision
- provide paralegal support to practising colleagues
If You Feel You May Meet Some, But Not All Of These Desired Criteria, Then Dont Worry! We Specifically Want To Hear From Any Candidates Who Meet Following Key Criteria
Attention to detail: Highly organised, with experience of writing and drafting reports and legal documents
Good Stakeholder Management: Comfortable engaging with stakeholders at different levels across our business
Effective communicator: both written and verbally with good negotiation skills
Independent and collaborative: Comfortable working both on your own and as part of a team while managing a varied workload.
Ambitious and Motivated: with a strong desire for career growth and development
What MDDUS Will Offer You
MDDUS offers a range of benefits to employees including but not limited to:
- 15% Non-Contributory Employer Pension contribution
- 27 Days Annual Leave per year
- 8 Bank Holiday days per year (in addition to annual leave allocation)
- Private medical cover for employees (option to cover immediate family at a cost)
- Home and office flexibility
- Holiday Buy and Sell scheme
- Group Life Insurance
- A range of additional voluntary benefits
- Employee Assistance program (EAP) to support wellbeing and remote GP services
- Numerous employee engagement initiatives
Additionally
We commit to ensuring all colleagues have:
A collaborative and supportive team environment that fosters growth, innovation and encourages colleagues to bring the best versions of themselves to work
An employer who celebrates and promotes
diversity and inclusion so that colleagues can work in an environment where they can be their true selves
An
organisation who provide support to healthcare professionals when they need it most, that commitment is also extended to our colleagues through a variety of wellbeing, charity and engagement initiatives.
We are committed to providing excellent training and support to help you deliver an outstanding service to our colleagues and to help you develop in your career.
A competitive benefits package, with the opportunities to mix and match to suit your needs.
To find out more about Life in MDDUS, check out our website
Careers Page and company
Linked In page .
Please see the Role Profile attached below for full details of key responsibilities.
Link
Paralegal Role Profile
To apply for this role please provide a CV, cover letters are optional.
If you have any questions on the role before you apply, please contact and a member of our team will contact you as soon as possible.
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