Paralegal

PARALEGAL - LITIGATION

BEXLEYHEATH / BLACKHEATH / PETTS WOOD

COMPETITIVE SALARY

Our well-established client is looking for a Paralegal to provide high quality support to the Litigation Team. The department deals with Civil and criminal litigation, including fare evasion and employment settlement agreements.

Main tasks/Accountabilities

• To make & receive telephone calls. Including arranging appointments, contacting third parties, taking payments, providing updates in a courteous, professional and efficient manner.
• To open, close and archive electronic files.
  To generate and send out invoices.
• To accurately and carefully prepare letters and documents with supervision.
• To accurately and contemporaneously record your time spent on a matter using the electronic case management system.
• To diarise key dates through the electronic case management system.
• To ensure that electronic files are well organised
• To undertake administrative tasks such as scanning and photocopying.
• To answer external incoming calls as part of the telephone rota.
• To comply with all office procedure requirements

This is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive list, you may be required to carry out other duties as required.

Knowledge/Qualifications

Degree or equivalent Ideally 2:1 or above LPC or equivalent

Skills/Abilities

High standard of verbal and written communication, excellent organisational skills, excellent client service, team working, quality focus, good IT skills

Experience;

Within a legal environment Essential

Within private practice Desirable

Within a Litigation Team Desirable

Personal qualities

• Enthusiastic Team worker
• Highly organised
• Able to prioritise

Specification

• Excellent attention to detail
• Confident communicator, both verbally and in writing
• Proactive & able to take initiative
• Calm demeanour and empathetic, able to deal with difficult conversations effectively

Special factors

• Willingness to work from any of the three offices