Paralegal Litigation Officer

 

Main characteristics

Location

Manchester, Manchester

Company

Rico Property Finance Ltd (T/A D&R Recruitment)

Salary

£25000 - £30000/annum

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Accounting / Financial / Insurance

Job summary

Paralegal Litigation

Salary: £25k - £30k + Staff Benefits

Location: Manchester

Hybrid (2-3 Days in office)

Our client has an opportunity for a hard-working Paralegal looking for a new opportunity to join our growing Regulatory Team.

They also have a growing health and safety (H&S) legal and consultancy services package, that they deliver in conjunction with their external H&S consultant, which involves advisory work, training, incident response, practical H&S advice and guidance on retainer-based / alternative pricing arrangements. They work very closely with our corporate, employment, real estate and construction teams to support with commercial issues with H&S considerations, corporate H&S due diligence, sector-based initiatives (such as Fire and Building Safety) and any issues concerning employee physical health, mental health and well-being, for example.

This role will include professional conduct work so experience in this area would be advantageous but not essential.

We are looking for a candidate with:

* This role will include professional conduct work so experience in this area would be advantageous but not essential.

* Commercial astuteness, with a passion for health and safety, law and interest in business.

* Advocacy skills.

* Ability to work as part of a team and be willing to work independently where required (but with appropriate level of supervision as needed).

* Strong organisational and communication skills, written and verbal.

Your key accountabilities will include:

An array of regulatory areas with well-known / leading clients within Retail, Housing, Real Estate, Logistics, Construction sectors, amongst others.

* Handling caseloads, filing and document management.

* Drafting letters and correspondence, bundling and undertaking research.

* Managing a variety of tasks across a number of cases at any given time.

* System management and inputting of data.

This is a varied role where you can gain new experience in contentious criminal defence matters, non-contentious advisory and transactional work, as well as internal investigations and responding to serious incidents / fatalities and incident response to clients and regulators combined.

You will support the team (Partners/Legal Directors/Senior Associates/Associates) across the team primarily with health and safety criminal defence, and advisory work (non-contentious and contentious) (including fire safety, building safety, transport law, motor defence and/or Coroner's inquests) and other aspects of regulatory law such as food safety / hygiene; product safety (incl. construction products); and aspects of trading law (such as placing goods on the market post-Brexit).

Benefits

* The successful candidate will have an incredible opportunity to develop a rewarding and successful career with an award-winning law firm in a flexible and agile working environment.

* They provide a competitive salary and benefits package, including 25 days holiday (increasing to 32 days through our loyalty recognition programme) plus the option to purchase an extra five days each year.

* They also offer a pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection insurance, as well as plenty of opportunities to get involved in our colleague committees to make a real impact in the local community