Senior Paralegal - Technical Recoveries (Hybrid)

DWF; North Tyneside; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

DWF is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join our Technical Recoveries Team. You will handle a caseload of debt recovery matters for multiple clients, from scoping referrals to delivering time-critical outputs within budget.

The Technical Recoveries Team operates within our central Recoveries Department and offers hybrid working arrangements across Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham or Newcastle. Progression opportunities are strong.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills to manage 60–80 files.
• Strategic thinking with decisive decision-making.
• Proficiency in ICT and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent problem-solving and legal research abilities.
• Clear written and verbal communication across teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide ad hoc advice to clients and colleagues on non-referred matters.
• Brief counsel for complex matters.
• Review matters at referral and define discrete tasks.
• Handle pre-action disputes, drafting documents, negotiating settlements, making court applications, and hearings.
• Communicate scope and progress to clients; liaise with courts and third parties.
• Provide line management and supervise junior team members; report to Specialist Manager.

Skills

Organisation

Strategic thinking

ICT proficiency

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Tools

Liberate case management system

Job description

DWF is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join our Technical Recoveries Team. You will handle a caseload of debt recovery matters for multiple clients, from scoping referrals to delivering time-critical outputs within budget.

The Technical Recoveries Team operates within our central Recoveries Department and offers hybrid working arrangements across Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham or Newcastle. Progression opportunities are strong.