Paralegal

Role Overview

• To undertake a range of duties on files including; diarising court orders, dealing with CRU, sending chasers, processing imprest payments, completion of MI file closure and other delegated chargeable non-legal tasks.
• To achieve a chargeable target
• To assist with other non-chargeable duties including file closures/transfer and other administration tasks as requested by the team.

Working Hours35 hours per week, Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch. Primary location for this role is our Liverpool Office, St Pauls Square. We are hybrid workers with attendance required 1 day a week and 4 days from home.

Requirements

• Established interest in law either through further education or experience within a process driven legal environment.
• IT Literate; Proficient in MS Office to include Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workloads
• Calm under pressure with the ability to re-prioritise and delegate effectively when required.
• Confident with ability to take initiative to innovate and adapt to changing situations.
• Good team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a result and ensure client service levels are met.
• Work effectively within the Keoghs Shared Behaviour framework.
• Confidence to seek advice and guidance when dealing with new tasks.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to follow instruction with attention to detail.
• Client care
• Respond professionally to client requests and have an ability to maintain an even disposition whilst handling sensitive and/or confidential material.

Values****Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our four values are at the heart of everything we do;*We are connectedWe are Dynamic*We are InnovativeWe succeed together

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death In Service – after 1 years’ service
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets

*after successfully completing probation