Paralegal
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Legal
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £18000 - £25000 per annum
- Posted
- 01 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 29 Jun 2022
- Ref
- JN -122021-4549104
- Contact
- Will Kendrick
- Job Title
- Paralegal
- Practice Area
- Personal Injury
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A paralegal role in a leading defendant law firm specialising in Personal Injury within the Public Sector.
Client Details
My client is a leading defendant law firm that provides innovative, high quality, specialist legal services to insurance companies, corporates, and public sector bodies. They offer clients the full breadth of claims-related legal work, from high volume claims handling through to complex, high value litigation. The firm has over 800 employees and is headquartered in Leeds, with eight additional offices across the UK, in London, Manchester, Evesham, Liverpool, Halifax, Edinburgh, Chelmsford and Taunton.
Description
- Demonstrate a genuine interest in handling casualty and/or motor claims
- Be responsible for a caseload of claims, making use of the firm's Case Management Systems and using the agreed internal procedures and practices
- Exhibit good organisational skills to ensure that the tasks are effectively scheduled within working time available and that urgent work is completed and returned within the specified timescales
- Manage your own workload
- Work independently and within a team
- Be commercially aware and highly client focused
- Show excellent communication skills
- Be self-confident and ability to demonstrate initiative
- Evidence an enthusiastic, energetic and a positive can-do attitude
- Ability to carry out legal research and to report findings clearly and concisely
Profile
Paralegal
- A pro-active and results orientated approach
- Initiative to overcome issues and implement solutions
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and pay attention to detail
- Good commercial awareness
Job Offer
Paralegal
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays for full time employees
- Buy and sell holiday scheme
- 5% employee pension contribution, 3% employer
- Death in service 4 x salary
- Private Medical Health (at own cost unless agreed otherwise)
- Dental Cover (at own cost)
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- An employee wellbeing helpline available 247, 365 days a year
- Voluntary critical health and income protection cover
- Cycle to work
- Discounted retail, leisure and education resources