Paralegal - Family Dept

Overview

Vacancy

Description:

Paralegal – Family Dept. (Public Law Team)

Location:

Newport Street Office

Hours:

9.00 am to 5.00 pm - Monday to Friday (1 Hour Lunch)

Salary:
Negotiable depending upon experience.

We have a vacancy for a Family Paralegal to work in our busy Family Law Department, public law team at our Newport Street office.

The ideal candidate will have experience working within a Family Law department. The position may involve travel to courts, meetings and other offices therefore the ideal candidate would have a car available for work use. Ongoing training, guidance and support from the team is provided. Initial training will be conducted at our Bury office so the ability to travel to/from Bury is required in the first instance.

Working within a busy office with a friendly team of people, you will be expected to carry out the following duties:

• Arranging appointments and meetings
• Telephone contact with clients and outside agencies
• Diary management
• Database work
• Prepare bundles
• Client contact
• Use of CCMS would be an advantage
• Opportunity to progress for right candidate

• Excellent communication and telephone skills
• Ability to work independently
• Use of own initiative
• Good time management skills
• Good presentation and organisational skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good IT Skills

The traditions and values, which first established Russell & Russell as an early pioneer of legal services continues to serve us well today. We still provide friendly, professional advice in the manner a traditional high street law firm would, but this is now blended with a 21st Century approach.

The practice has grown organically to incorporate nine offices stretching across the North West; three in Bolton and one in Atherton, Bury, Chester, Farnworth, Horwich and Middleton. Although we pride ourselves on being a regional firm, a number of our departments service clients throughout England and Wales.

The firm holds a number of industry related accreditations across all its service areas, in particular the Lexcel Practice Management Standard.

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• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme
• Attendance bonus
• 25 days a year plus bank holidays and an accrual system after 2 years
• Birthday Holiday
• Northern Rail discount scheme
• Cycle2
  
  Work scheme
• Referral schemes (PI, Conveyancing, Family & Wills/Probate)
• Discounted Services (Conveyancing, Family & Wills)
• Staff Introductory Scheme (Refer a successful applicant and get £500)
• Monthly Raffle Draw – 1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes
• Dress down once a month (linked to a chosen charity)
• Annual Christmas Party & Events
• Charity fundraisers

• Training and development opportunities
• Internal workshops
• Compliance webinars

Applications:
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