Legal Assistant/ Paralegal

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading employment service in Lewisham is seeking a Legal Assistant/Paralegal for a temporary role managing a caseload of mixed disrepair and housing cases. The successful candidate will draft legal documents and attend meetings, ensuring comprehensive administrative support. Applicants should possess relevant experience and application skills. Pay is £26.10 per hour, and interested candidates can apply via CV submission.

Qualifications

• Experience in handling legal cases, preferably disrepair and housing.
• Strong drafting skills for legal documents.
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of 40 mixed disrepair and housing cases.
• Draft defenses, witness statements, and application notices.
• Attend legal, income, and housing management meetings.

Skills

Managing mixed disrepair and housing cases

Drafting legal documents

Administrative tasks

Job description

Legal Assistant/ Paralegal needed in SE London

The rate is £26.10ph PAYE

This is a temporary role

The reference number is: OR9824

The successful candidate will manage a caseload of 40 mixed disrepair and housing cases (supervised by the Principal Lawyer/Senior Lawyer). Drafting defences, witness statements and application notices, settling claims and dealing with costs issues.

They will be attending legal, income and housing management meetings, will carry out some administrative tasks including:

• Ensuring that an accurate log is kept of all existing and new housing and disrepair cases.
• Arranging for the payment of external invoices.
• Arranging Counsel for hearings and sending bundles to Counsel.
• Entering hearing dates into the Legal Housing Calendar.
• Sharing the monitoring of the dedicated Legal Housing inbox (with the Legal Assistant in the team) to deal with enquiries relating to new and existing cases and assisting external solicitors with clients and escalating matters when necessary.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to [e-mail] quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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