Paralegal - Serious Injury Bristol (5543)

Irwin Mitchell LLP; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A national law firm is seeking a Paralegal to join its serious injury team in Bristol and Cardiff. The role involves supporting case handlers, engaging in business development activities, and contributing to team objectives. Ideal candidates possess excellent client care skills and a friendly, enthusiastic attitude. This firm offers a supportive environment, hybrid working options, and a wide range of benefits including generous holiday and well-being initiatives.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Generous and flexible pension schemes

Two paid volunteering days per year

Health membership offering refunds on medical services

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal.
• Ability to support case handlers with litigation processes.
• Flexible approach including working across two office locations.

Responsibilities

• Support case handlers in running cases for appropriate resolutions.
• Attend team meetings and engage with colleagues.
• Contribute to Business Development activities.

Skills

Excellent client care and inter-personal skills

Integrity, empathy, and compassion

Friendly and enthusiastic approach

Job description

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Our Team

Serious and fatal injuries can cause huge disruption to the lives of everyone involved. They can mean a total rethink of major life decisions, affecting family members, employment, healthcare and everyday life. Serious injuries are hugely traumatic and need to be handled with utmost care and expertise. Our serious injury team prides itself on making a real difference. We help our clients to live their life as fully as possible after a serious injury. We have years of experience helping people claim compensation for serious injuries and have specialist teams across the UK.

Irwin Mitchell is one of the few firms to offer a rare opportunity to specialise in this high-profile work and it is a deeply rewarding area of personal injury law.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

You will join Partners James Davies and Deborah Rose who lead the team of specialist serious injury lawyers at our Bristol and Cardiff offices. The team is dedicated to ensuring that those people who suffer life-changing injuries through no fault of their own, receive appropriate and enabling rehabilitation to promote independence where possible.

Your role will involve but is not limited to:

Supporting case handlers in the running of the cases by assisting case handlers with litigation processes to achieve appropriate resolutions for our clients.

• Supporting with the administrative elements of case progression
• Achieving time recording targets to ensure profitable working.
• Attending and contributing to team/practice area meetings and engaging with colleagues to ensure team objectives achieved.
• Engaging in Business Development activities where appropriate

About You

• Excellent client care and inter-personal skills, operating with integrity and showing empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances.
• A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach including working regularly across two office locations (Bristol and Cardiff) when required as well as remotely.
• Enthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal, whether you have previous experience or not.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them

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