Military Disease – Paralegal

AWH Solicitors Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated paralegal to join their Disease / Military department. This role involves assisting solicitors with case management, ensuring high levels of client care, and handling administrative tasks in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication and analytical skills, along with a strong understanding of civil procedure rules. You will thrive in a team-oriented atmosphere while contributing to the department's success by meeting financial targets and maintaining compliance standards. Join a firm that values professional growth and offers a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of technical issues in litigated cases.
• Excellent knowledge of civil procedure rules and military claims.

Responsibilities

• Assist solicitors with case handling and department management.
• Maintain high client care standards and manage competing deadlines.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Time management skills

Teamwork

Proactive approach

Decision making skills

Client care awareness

Education

Degree level education

LLB and LPC preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Proclaim

Job description

The paralegal within the Disease / Military department will assist the solicitors with the handling of their cases and the general running of the department. This will include a mixture of administrative and file handling tasks.

Job Context

• Managing a high volume of work in a fast-paced environment
• Providing solicitors with skilled and efficient assistance
• Maintaining high levels of client care in a sector in which clients have often been through traumatic and distressing events and suffering with severe injury
• Balancing competing deadlines and prioritising tasks accordingly
• Maintaining high company standards
• Working towards KPIs and targets
• Assisting other members of the team with legal or administrative tasks, in line with their instructions
• Attending any of the offices within the region as required by the Solicitors as well as assisting other regions if required.
• Any other duties which from time to time are required by the firm.

Immediate superiors

Head of Disease / Military

None

Principal Accountabilities

• To demonstrate a solid understanding of the technical issues involved in dealing with a litigated case
• To demonstrate an excellent understanding of the civil procedure rules
• To have an excellent working knowledge of Military Claims, Noise Induced Hearing Loss and/or Short Tail Industrial Disease and Long Tail Industrial Disease and relevant case law
• To demonstrate the ability to take on individual responsibility within the context of a team environment
• To demonstrate commercial awareness and a proactive approach to all aspects of work
• To demonstrate strong decision making skills
• Be able to achieve financial targets on a monthly and annual basis and to contribute to the profitability of the team as a whole
• To demonstrate excellent communication skills including client awareness and client care
• To demonstrate an ability to manage risk on an individual and team level
• To operate in line with both internal and external compliance standards
• Maintains strong relationships with both internal colleagues and external customers and agencies.

Job Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills, including ability to accurately and efficiently extract key information from lengthy written records and reports
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Working knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules and Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes
• Good IT skills, including knowledge of Word and Outlook (experience with Proclaim preferable but not essential)
• Ability to work as part of a team and to maintain good relationships with colleagues and clients
• The ability to work to short deadlines, under pressure and to financial targets.
• Ability to build relationships with other professionals and third parties.
• Professionalism and integrity always
• Ability to work proactively and with a “can do” attitude.
• Ability to work effectively on your own initiative or as part of a team.
• Be PC literate having good knowledge of the Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Degree level education essential (LLB and LPC preferred)
• Past experience of working in the civil litigation sector, preferable but not essential.

Company Information

AWH Solicitors is a law firm with offices in Blackburn and Manchester.

As a highly skilled team of solicitors, we specialise in different fields of law, including personal injury, housing disrepair, clinical negligence and industrial disease (including military).

Exemplary customer service coupled with legal expertise is at the core of everything that we do. Our aim is to provide an efficient and prompt service for clients through recruitment of employees who are both approachable and respectful of their client’s needs.

A strong network of support staff departments, Human Resources, Finance and an in-house Marketing team, work closely with our fee-earning teams to ensure the business is able to develop and grow.

At AWH we encourage all our staff to further their personal training and development.