Coventry
c£27,000 per annum
We are proud to be working with this leading, multi-office Warwickshire law firm who are looking to expand their Dispute Resolution team based in Coventry. The firm are Lexcel-accredited, Legal 500-recognised and are very well-established, with an excellent reputation.
This employer is very committed to training and development of all staff. They promote internally whenever possible, ensuring excellent prospects and a clear, individual career path. They provide assistance and support for you to achieve industry qualifications; indeed many candidates who've joined the firm as paralegals have gone on to qualify as solicitors in the longer term, with their full support.
The role will involve:
- Supporting the lead fee earner with their dispute resolution caseload including: consumer disputes, boundary disputes and neighbour disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, contract disputes, construction disputes, debt collection, director and shareholder disputes, professional negligence, property possession claims, settlement agreements
- Managing your own straight-forward caseload of dispute resolution matters, under supervision
- Dealing with client queries over the telephone and in person, keeping clients updated
- Using a legal case management system
This is a full time permanent job working 35 hours per week, 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. The role is office-based.
Suitable candidates will have:
- Previous experience of working in a Dispute Resolution department as a paralegal
- Previous case-handling experience of dispute resolution/litigation matters (essential)
- Up-to-date knowledge of the law relating to dispute resolution matters
- Experience of using a legal case management system
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal); skilled in dealing sensitively with clients
Benefits Include:
- 23 days’ holiday (increasing to 27 with service), plus 8 days’ bank holidays
- 2 days’ additional leave between Christmas and New Year (office closure)
- Your birthday off, from your second year of employment
- Holiday buy and sell scheme up to 5 days' per year
- Company Sick Pay (on completion of probation period)
- Company Pension Scheme
- Discounted legal fees (on completion of probation period)
- BUPA healthcare scheme (on completion of probation period)
- Death in service benefits 3 x salary (on completion of probation period)
- Long service awards
- Annual salary reviews
- Career development and regular performance reviews including the awarding of training contracts for eligible employees after 12 months' service
- Technical and personal skills training
- Community and fundraising events
- Full induction programme
- Virtual GP
- Funeral Planning and support
- Group Life Employee Assistance Programme
- Bereavement and Probate helpline and counselling service
Note: Salary stated is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be wholly commensurate with experience and qualifications. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge.
For more information, please contact Tracey at Talentwise Solutions
About Talentwise
Talentwise Solutions is a family-run, boutique recruitment agency specialising in legal professional and legal support jobs throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and the Midlands.
We offer a tailored service, to find the right role and the right cultural fit for our candidates, and rest assured we will never forward your CV to any firm without first gaining your consent.
About Your Consultant
Tracey is the Owner and Director of Talentwise Solutions, where her focus is on offering a prestigious, consultative, open, and honest service – the way she believes recruitment should be! Tracey’s passion for recruitment in the legal sector goes back over thirty years, and today it’s stronger than ever. Tracey prides herself on her personalised approach to recruiting and will be on hand to guide you through every stage of the process from initial application through to job offer. You know your career is in great hands with Tracey’s experience and expertise.
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