Paralegal – Care Department

We are looking for a Paralegal to join our highly regarded Care Department in Reading. It is a role that offers excellent opportunities for career progressions to the right person.

Skills/Experience

• Office experience, ideally in a professional services environment
• Experience in Care would be an advantage
• Experience with Legal Aid would be an advantage
• Accurate audio typing
• Ability to prioritise work, function efficiently under pressure and remain calm and professional
• Ability to work to set deadlines and produce accurate work
• Ability and desire to deliver exceptional customer service
• Enthusiasm and a positive “can do” attitude

Duties include:

• Taking and accurately recording client calls
• Taking new client enquiries
• Conflict, ID, and Anti Money Laundering checks
• Opening new files
• Audio typing (Philips dictation)
• Monthly billing
• Monitoring payments of department bills and disbursements
• Liaising with team to manage enquiries and workflow to ensure comprehensive service to clients
• Scanning documents and organising into bundles
• Managing reports to Legal Aid Agency and managing legal aid funding limits and authorities with fee earner guidance
• Liaising with barristers and their clerks, experts, Courts and Tribunals

Helpful to have:

• Knowledge of LEAP, Office 365, Excel and Adobe Pro or similar.
• Experience working within the Lexcel and ISO 9001 standards.
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team.

Salary will be competitive and appropriate to experience.

Full training will be given in relation to our practices, procedures and systems.

No agencies please.