Paralegal

Location

Brighton, East Sussex | United Kingdom

Job description

Paralegal (Civil Litigation), permanent role, £31684-35000 doe, Brighton, East Sussex, hybrid working (minimum 6 days in office a month), for public sector pensions organisation.

You must have a strong educational background, a legal qualification is essential (law degree, CPE, LPC or ILEX) plus good knowledge of Court Regulatory procedures and public law general principles, along with some experience of working within a similar civil litigation department.

The Paralegal will provide high level, focussed and efficient support to the Automatic Enrolment Legal team. As well as AE litigation before the First Tier Tribunal, criminal prosecutions, and debt cases, there is a broad range of advisory work. This includes opportunities in procurement, commercial, and information law.

You will -

• Manage your own litigation cases before the First Tier Tribunal, including preparing responses, providing advice, organising evidence, and appearing at Tribunals as required.
• Consult with legal counsel and other external parties as required.
• Provide support to company lawyers as requested.
• Conduct legal research, on request;
• Provide support to Know How groups, and Subject Experts, including collating and disseminating legal updates, as requested.
• Attend meetings/ hearings to provide administrative support, as required.
• Provide support to case teams through the efficient management of documents including indexing, document collation, document organisation and a limited amount of evidence analysis.
• Create and maintain an index of documents for disclosure and undertake disclosure exercises as required.

Naturally you will have experience in drafting and reviewing legal documents; Proven ability to effectively communicate (orally and in writing) to a variety of audiences including external parties, legal counsel and internal stakeholders up to Board level.

Strong IT skills, including experience of standard IT software applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and document management systems.

Please note applicants must live within commutable distance of the Brighton office and our client is unable to offer sponsorship so you must have the right to work in the UK.

Paralegal, Brighton is a permanent, hybrid working role, flexible working Monday-Friday, £31684 - 35000 doe, 25 days holidays plus Bank Holiday, civil service pension scheme, discretionary bonus arrangements and genuine development opportunities, inclusive employer. Looking to interview beginning of April.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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Salary

£31.68k - £35k per annum