Paralegal: Fast-Paced Legal Support & Solutions

FQPS Academy Ltd.; Wetherby; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

FQPS Academy Ltd. is seeking a proactive legal professional to support our lawyers in delivering high-quality, targeted legal advice across practice areas. You will draft initial documents and advise clients when the designated lawyer is unavailable.

The role also involves spotting opportunities to grow Alpaca brands and enhance client businesses, contributing to a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Be a credible member of the team, providing support, clarity and insights from your area of specialism.
• Undertake all tasks associated with the role to a consistently high standard.
• Work in a fast-paced environment with little day to day direction.
• Be self-sufficient and pro-active.
• Identify issues and resolve them by looking outside the parameters of the role or task, seeking input from others in the team.
• Challenge where appropriate rather than “accept” the norm.
• Communicate appropriately within the team.
• Understand and communicate the commercial impact of the decisions you make when providing advice to our clients.
• Handle large volumes of work with multiple demands.
• Quickly understand our client requirements and respond accordingly in terms of support, advice and solutions.
• Handle multiple tasks within the framework of the role.
• Delegate tasks within the framework of the role.
• Check it against the SRA’s questions in two minutes. If there is no COLP or solicitor where you work, the SRA lets a solicitor outside confirm it: an FQPS solicitor can, from £149.

Responsibilities

• Support our lawyers to provide high quality, targeted and accessible legal advice across respective practice areas.
• Produce first draft documents where required and provide advice to clients in the absence of the relevant lawyer.
• Seek opportunities to build the Alpaca brands and identify opportunities to enhance the businesses of Alpaca and Alt Legal clients.

Job description

FQPS Academy Ltd. is seeking a proactive legal professional to support our lawyers in delivering high-quality, targeted legal advice across practice areas. You will draft initial documents and advise clients when the designated lawyer is unavailable.

The role also involves spotting opportunities to grow Alpaca brands and enhance client businesses, contributing to a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.