Employment - Paralegal

About your new role

PLEASE NOTE: This role is not on the list of occupations eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advises employers across the UK on all aspects of employment, pensions and immigration law. Our clients are some of the UK's largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide.

We are currently recruiting for a Paralegal to join our Employment team in Liverpool. The successful candidate will work as part of a team providing support to case handlers.

Main duties and responsibilities

Assisting case handlers and other team members with progressing employment tribunal claims, including:

• Collating documents into bundles
• Drafting documents (sending emails to witnesses, clients, the Tribunal, ACAS and other third parties)
• Routine telephone calls to clients, witnesses, the Tribunal, ACAS and others
• Comply with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures
• Create new clients and matters ensuring compliance with internal procedures
• Perform general file management duties including identifying and logging key dates
• Close/archive files ensuring all MI is captured
• Prepare and send out various internal and external documents
• Work in accordance with Weightmans' values

About You

You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. We also require you to have/be:

• Be a team player
• Be able to show initiative and be self-motivated when required to work on own
• Be comfortable and confident using the telephone
• Have strong organisational and communication skills
• Have the ability to prioritise tasks and your workload
• Have good housekeeping skills
• A hands on approach to work
• Good technical IT skills

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates are encouraged to reach out directly. For inquiries or more details, feel free to contact us. Our recruitment team members are here to assist.