Paralegal

Affinity Water; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility company is seeking a Paralegal to support its legal team in Hatfield. Responsibilities include legal research, document drafting, and managing queries. Ideal candidates will hold a law degree, have relevant experience, and possess strong analytical and communication skills. The role offers a salary from £29,000 to £33,000, hybrid working arrangement, and various benefits including training opportunities and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual leave from 23-27 days

Annual bonus scheme

Double match pension scheme

Family benefits

Wellbeing Centre access

Volunteering days

Discounts on retail and insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in a legal or professional services environment preferred.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and take initiative.

Responsibilities

• Support lawyers with legal research and document drafting.
• Manage legal queries and provide administrative support.
• Assist with litigation and coordinate supplier invoices.
• Draft FAQs and legal updates to improve knowledge sharing.
• Drive efficiency by digitizing records.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

IT systems confidence

Team collaboration

Education

2:1 law degree (or equivalent)

Completion of LPC (or equivalent)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

What you’ll be doing

We’re looking for a proactive Paralegal to join our busy in-house legal team. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to a wide range of high-impact legal work while helping us achieve our mission of making a positive difference to our customers. Affinity Water’s vision is clear: to be the UK’s leading community-focused water company. We put people and the communities we serve at the heart of everything we do, delivering high-quality drinking water, reducing leakage, and protecting the environment.

As part of our collaborative team, you’ll:

• Support our qualified lawyers with legal research, document drafting and reviewing correspondence across diverse practice areas.
• Take ownership of legal queries, resolving matters independently where appropriate, and under the guidance of the team’s qualified lawyers.
• Provide essential administrative support, managing the legal inbox and diary, raising purchase orders, assisting with litigation, and coordinating supplier invoices.
• Help drive improved knowledge-sharing through drafting FAQs, bulletins and legal updates.
• Keep the team future focused through horizon scanning and producing case digests.
• Drive efficiency by digitising records and helping to streamline legal team processes.
• Manage the Company’s contract signing process and ensure accurate, well-organised records.

What we’re looking for

• A 2:1 law degree (or equivalent) and completion of the LPC (or equivalent).
• Ideally, some experience in a legal or professional services environment.
• Excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills.
• A collaborative team player who thrives under pressure and takes initiative.
• Confidence with IT systems, especially MS Office.
• We’ll need you to be on site in Hatfield 2 – 3 days a week.

Why join us?

Work alongside experienced lawyers in a supportive team, gaining hands-on experience across multiple areas of law, while helping shape how we deliver for millions of customers and the environment we all share.

Benefits

• Salary £29,000 - £33,000 per annum. Dependant on skills and experience
• Hybrid role, 2/3 days onsite in Hatfield
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 23-27 days rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.
• Disability confident: if you need to apply in a different format, please contact us