Paralegal

Ward Hadaway; Birmingham; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 32 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Enhanced pension scheme

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Life assurance

Health and wellbeing benefits

Flexible benefits programme

Hybrid working option

Résumé du poste

Ward Hadaway in Birmingham is seeking a Paralegal to join the Regulatory, Compliance and Investigations (RCI) team. You will support the RCI Partners, gain exposure to regulators, and contribute to a broad range of advisory tasks across health, safety, and regulatory matters.

The role involves assisting with case preparation, attending client conferences, and supporting business development through articles and seminars.

Qualifications

• Experience in regulatory, health and safety, or investigations is a plus.
• Ability to prioritise and manage deadlines in a busy team.
• Willingness to attend court when required.

Responsabilités

• Support the RCI team with complex case caseloads (contentious and non-contentious).
• Assist business development activities: articles, blogs, presentations, seminars.
• Support health & safety, inquests, environment, food and fire regulations work.
• Develop understanding of regulatory law and practice.
• Assist with case load management and case preparation.

Connaissances

Organisational skills

MS Office proficiency

Communication skills

Legal experience advantageous

Description du poste

This is a Permanent , Full Time vacancy that will close in 5 days at 23:59 GMT .

The Vacancy

We're looking for a Paralegal to join our growing Regulatory, Compliance, and Investigations (RCI) team in Birmingham. This is a great opportunity to work alongside and support our RCI Partners while gaining exposure to key stakeholders and regulators.

Our RCI team is part of the Commercial Department at Ward Hadaway, and we advise clients across all sectors including health, public sector, corporations and individuals. The team provides advisory services on economic crime compliance, regulatory issues (such as Health and Safety), and the investigation and defence of clients across all sectors that Ward Hadaway operates in. This is predominantly a support role and regular attendance at court may be required.

What will I be doing

• Supporting the RCI team in the provision of advice to clients, assisting with a caseload of complex cases on contentious and non-contentious matters.
• Supporting the business development activities of the RCI team, including writing articles and blogs, and helping with presentations and seminars.
• Supporting the Team's work in health & safety, inquests, environment, food and fire regulations, both in Birmingham and nationally.
• Developing an understanding of regulatory law and practice.
• Assisting with the management of a case load of files.
• Assisting with case preparation, evidence handling and trial support.
• Attending client conferences, taking witness statements, attending Court instructing experts.
• Attending administrative applications and hearings at court, including travel, and accompanying counsel where necessary.

You'll have

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in MS Office and good all-round IT skills.
• The ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines, and manage your time effectively.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• The ability to adapt your style, be proactive, and effectively solve problems.
• Previous legal work experience within inquests, criminal defence or criminal practice and process would be advantageous but not essential.

About us

We're proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK we're one of the UK's Top 100 law firms. When you join us you’ll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive.

We're passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving Firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients and our communities.

What we can offer you

We’re committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing and inclusion and we’re always striving to improve. Our commitment to this has been recognised by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification.

We reward our people with a whole range of benefits, some core and some flexible, designed to shape a reward package that’s right for you – now and in the future. Our core benefits include:

• An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits.
• We also have a flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.

The Company

Ward Hadaway is a full-service, UK Top 100 law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, public and third sectors, and individuals.

From our offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Teesside, we combine regional strength with national influence to deliver high-quality, tailored solutions that drive success for our clients.

We remove ambiguity and provide a clear direction and certainty. We build trust with each other and our clients through honest, transparent interactions.

• Respectful

We succeed together. We build and maintain an inclusive firm in which difference is recognised, valued and harnessed.

• Ambitious

We constantly strive and innovate to be the best we can be for ourselves, our teams and the firm.

The Benefits

The important bits

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonuses, and a range of benefits to suit your lifestyle.

With flexibility and work-life balance in mind, we offer flexible working options where roles allow such as hybrid working, part-time working and job-sharing.

We want you to feel your best every day and, as well as providing a supportive and inclusive environment, we provide a range of health and wellbeing benefits to help you achieve this.

The fun stuff

We have an active social calendar with plenty of opportunities to get together with your team, wider departments, and cross-office.