Paralegal - Community Care

We are currently looking for a proactive and forward-thinking Paralegal to join our friendly Community Care team based in Reading. The position is primarily a support role rather than a fee-earning one, providing essential assistance to the Partner and wider team.

As part of this role the candidate will be required to attend to our offices in Reading 2-3 days each week with the ability to be flexible.

Work type:

• Ensure file management, case management and administration are kept up to date
• Assist/provide holiday cover during absences of other fee earners
• Achieve personal target(s)
• Assist the practice group in achieving target(s)
• Develop and achieve firm benchmarks for your role
• Instruct agents in accordance with your team’s requirements
• Diary management
• Document handling on behalf of fee earners
• Billing management
• Depending on candidates experience assist with other ad hoc fee earning tasks
• Assisting with screening new potential clients

Experience/ Attributes required

• 2 + years of experience working within a similar role
• Work unsupervised on administration elements of files
• Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Work effectively in a team and on your own
• Ensure that all tasks allocated by team members are completed in a timely manner
• Good keyboard and Microsoft Office skills
• Manage competing priorities and deadlines independently
• Good record keeping

Benefits

Contractual Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave pro-rated for the part time role
• Pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution
• Life Assurance – 5 x final salary

Non Contractual Benefits

• Travel season ticket loan scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Weekly wellbeing hour
• Birthday off
• 1 x 8 hour charity day
• Bring your dog to work
• Shopping discounts and Medicash

Team structure

• 1 x Partner
• 1 x Associate Solicitor
• 1 x Solicitor
• 1 x Senior Paralegal
• 2 x Paralegal
• 1 x Legal Assistant