Paralegal (9 month FTC)

CMS UK

Manchester

Hybrid

GBP 22,000 - 28,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive basic salary

Hybrid working policy

Generous bonus scheme

Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28)

Holiday exchange scheme

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

CMS UK is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Paralegal or experienced Real Estate Paralegal to join our Legal Services Unit in Manchester or Sheffield on a 9 month fixed term contract.

The role focuses on supporting an energy and utilities client with documenting land rights in Scotland and England via servitudes and easements, managing your own caseload, taking client instructions and negotiating deeds through to completion.

Qualifications

Strong academic background with a law degree or equivalent qualification.
CILEX qualification considered or time-served paralegal experience in Real Estate.

Responsibilities

Manage a busy caseload of transactions, liaising with clients for instructions.
Draft easement/servitude documentation and negotiate with counterparty.
Update online trackers and maintain case progress.
Oversee completion and post-completion registrations, forms, filing and sign-off/reporting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Workload management

Education

Law degree or equivalent

CILEX qualification

Job description

CMS is seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated Assistant Paralegal or experienced Real Estate Paralegal to join our Legal Services Unit in our Sheffield or Manchester office on a 9 month fixed term contract.

The role will be focused on supporting one of our energy and utilities clients with documenting land rights in Scotland and England via servitudes and easements. This will include managing your own caseload of transactions, taking client instructions, negotiating the deeds and arranging completions.

About The Role

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Managing a busy caseload of transactions including liaising with the client to obtain instructions;
Drafting the easement / servitude documentation, negotiating with the counterparty to the transaction and carrying out basic title reviews;
Updating online trackers;
Managing completion and post-completion registrations, forms, filing and client signing / reporting requirements.

About You

We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Paralegal or experienced Real Estate-focused Paralegal. You will have a keen eye for detail with the ability to use your initiative and you must be used to dealing with a large workload. You should have a strong academic background and may have a degree in law or equivalent qualification. Alternatively, you may be working towards CILEX or have previous time-served Paralegal experience in a Real Estate background.

What’s in it for you?

Benefits

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include: