Paralegal

Zenith; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic commercial business in Leeds is seeking a Paralegal to join their in-house legal team. The role offers a great opportunity for recent law graduates to gain hands-on experience while working alongside experienced lawyers. Responsibilities include managing legal queries, preparing documents, and assisting with compliance work. The ideal candidate should have a law degree, excellent attention to detail, and strong communication skills. This position offers significant exposure to various aspects of commercial law and a supportive mentoring environment.

Benefits

Salary up to £30,000

Agile working / Hybrid working

24 days holiday

Great pension contribution (6.25%)

Private Medical Insurance

Life Cover

Access to onsite and virtual GP

Sports and Social club

Free parking

Onsite bistro

Qualifications

• Law graduate (LLB or equivalent legal qualification)
• Experience in a paralegal or legal support role
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for routine legal queries
• Manage core administrative processes including new matter tracking
• Draft and review standard contracts, NDAs under supervision

Skills

Highly organised

Excellent attention to detail

Confident drafting and reviewing basic documents

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Strong communicator

Education

Law graduate (LLB or equivalent)

Tools

Document management systems

Job description

Paralegal

Are you a recent legal graduate looking to launch your career within a fast-paced, forward-thinking in-house legal team? This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands‑on experience at the heart of a dynamic commercial business, working alongside experienced lawyers and professionals who will support your development from day one.

At Zenith, our Legal & Compliance Team plays a critical role in enabling the business to operate confidently, ethically and at pace. As a Paralegal, you’ll become an essential part of this team—acting as a first line of support, helping manage legal queries, preparing documents, and contributing to a wide variety of legal, compliance and company secretarial work.

This role is ideal for graduates who are proactive, curious, and ready to develop a real breadth of commercial legal skills.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Act as the first point of contact for routine legal queries and serve as the “legal front door” for the business.
• Manage core administrative processes including new matter tracking and organised document filing.
• Draft and review standard contracts, NDAs and other documents under supervision.
• Support virtual contract signing and ensure all signed agreements and approvals are accurately recorded.
• Provide clear guidance and signposting to internal stakeholders and ensure correct documentation is used.
• Assist with legal research, horizon scanning, and knowledge‑sharing initiatives.
• Support the Company Secretary with KYC, Companies House filings, board minutes and wider governance work.
• Provide pragmatic, commercially minded assistance and contribute to problem‑solving across the business.

This is a genuinely varied role that offers broad exposure across commercial, corporate, employment and compliance matters.

About You

Essential

• A law graduate (LLB or equivalent legal qualification).
• Experienced in a paralegal or legal support role (placement or post‑graduate experience welcomed).
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident drafting and reviewing basic documents.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable using document management systems.
• A strong communicator who can work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Genuinely interested in commercial, corporate and / or employment law.

Desirable

• Experience in an in‑house legal team or law firm.
• Familiarity with commercial contracts and corporate governance.

Your Approach

• Proactive, curious and enthusiastic about learning.
• Comfortable taking ownership and managing multiple tasks.
• Able to work well under pressure in a fast‑moving environment.
• A positive team player who builds strong working relationships.

Why Join Us?

• Exposure to a broad range of commercial legal work.
• Significant exposure to experienced Legal Counsel, providing hands‑on guidance, coaching and real‑time learning to support your development.
• Supportive mentoring from legal, compliance and company secretarial professionals.
• Opportunities to develop new skills quickly and take on increasing responsibility.
• A collaborative, friendly and growth‑focused team environment.

Please note : Previous Paralegal positions within the team have successfully transitioned into training contracts. Whilst this can never be guaranteed, there is certainly potential for the role to develop in that direction depending on performance, business need and individual development.

Reward

• Salary up to £30,000
• Agile working / Hybrid working
• 24 days holiday, which increases with length of employment
• Plus Your birthday off!
• A great pension contribution by Zenith (6.25%)
• Private Medical Insurance as standard
• Life Cover
• Access to our own Zenith GP – on site and virtual for self and immediate family
• Massageson site
• Zenith AA breakdown cover
• Excellent referral scheme if you recommend a friend to us
• Sports and Social club – Company / Team activities
• Free parking
• Onsite bistro
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion networks
• Perks at Work – save money on everyday essentials with access to shopping discounts

Flexible Benefits include

• Buy / Sell Holidays
• Critical Illness cover
• Dental Cover
• Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech scheme

We want to positively encourage differences in Zenith and believe it is critical to our success as a company. Zenith is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.