Residential Property Paralegal
£25,000 - £30,000
Cardiff or Bristol/Hybrid
Salary & benefits:
*Salary at competitive rates and dependent on experience
*22 working days’ annual leave
*Employer’s Pension Scheme
*Firm wide bonus scheme
*"Work from home"
*Financial contribution scheme
*Flexible working
*Bonus Scheme
*Free Parking
*Discounted Legal Services (own property)
*Free eye test
*Free Employee Assistance Programme
*Hybrid/~Flexible Working
*Training & development opportunities
*Workplace pension
*Family friendly approach
*Gift work anniversary and birthday
*Amazon voucher for team of the month
Location:
Bristol/Cardiff office
Reports to:
Head of Department / Partners
Purpose:
To support the Head of Department/Partners in the provision of legal services by providing legal and administrative assistance to fee earners and clients.
Key Responsibilities
*To assist fee earners in the management of their caseload by actioning legal procedures as directed by the fee earner.
*To assist fee earners in the management and progression of their caseload by dealing with file related queries either face to face or by telephone.
*To assist fee earners in the processing of matters in a timely and cost effective manner.
*To support fee earners in the maintenance of files by effective file management.
*To ensure that clients are dealt with efficiently and politely and that appropriate legal matters are raised with the fee earner.
*To attend to clients, taking instructions, and conducting letter and telephone enquiries as necessary.
*Assist in the opening of client files and updating their records onto the case management system.
*Provide general administrative support in the following areas: photocopying, faxing, scanning, binding documents and deeds, filing and archiving.
*Provide support with Land Registry searches and other searches as required.
*To ensure that billing takes place promptly and that outstanding balances are collected as soon as feasible.
*To use the correct Practice procedures and systems in order to manage cases effectively and in accordance with the firm’s standards and legal requirements.
*To improve and enhance the firm’s client base by effective liaison with existing clients.
*To maximize the firm’s potential to cross - sell services by identifying appropriate opportunities.
*To manage own work allocation, productivity and quality of work under supervision.
Personal Qualities
Managing Yourself
*Self-motivated and willing to take responsibility for organising your own activities to ensure that all targets and quality standards are met.
*Copes effectively in demanding circumstances
*Good time management, adopting a flexible approach to work.
*Demonstrates persistence and commitment to completing tasks and objectives.
*Delivers work output to the required standard.
*Pays attention to detail and quality of work.
*Demonstrates a commitment to improving working practices and supports company plans and policies.
Working with People
*Ability to build and maintain working relationships with others and act as a role model for the values of the Firm.
*Operates effectively as part of a team encouraging others to contribute ideas and seek improvements.
*Willing to offer help to all colleagues to ensure company success.
Problem Solving
*Demonstrates sound judgement and good decision making when dealing with problems.
*Able to identify a problem arising and can develop a solution or take the correct course of action.
*Knows when to seek guidance or further input from others before taking action.
*Checks that information is accurate and complete.
*Looks for new solutions to problems as well as tried and tested methods.
Communication Skills
*Able to express oneself both orally and in writing in a clear and constructive way.
*Willing to ask questions, listen to others views and accept advice.
*Willing to contribute ideas and seek improvements.
*Good client / introducer handling skills both by telephone and face to face.
Experience Required
Essential
*Practical experience of working in a legal office environment.
*Practical experience of working in an office administration capacity.
*Practical experience of handling client enquiries both face to face and by telephone.
*Computer literate with good keyboard skills and used to word processing packages (preferably Microsoft Word).
*Practical experience of property transactional work
*Benefits
For a confidential discussion please contact Daniel Mason at our head offices