Site Set Up Paralegal

Gateley; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services group in the UK seeks a Site Set-Up Paralegal to engage and advise housebuilder clients in a dynamic residential development unit. The role requires strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with a team of lawyers to deliver high-quality services. Ideal candidates will bring relevant site set-up experience, showcasing professionalism and a commitment to client care.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Annual performance-based bonus

Flexible working patterns

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Site set up experience in a residential development team is highly desirable.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Team player with the ability to work with senior and junior lawyers.
• Excellent client care and engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise and act for clients in residential development.
• Engage and develop relationships with housebuilder clients.
• Contribute to the delivery of high-quality service.

Skills

High levels of accuracy and conscientiousness

Ability to work as part of a team

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Client care skills

Professionalism at all times

Job description

Overview

The role: As a Site Set-Up Paralegal in our market leading Residential Development Unit, you will be advising and acting for housebuilder clients. Daily engagement with clients is expected and you will be encouraged to develop and maintain those relationships. This opportunity suits you if you thrive on working in close partnership with clients and colleagues, enjoy a fast-paced yet supportive environment and want to play an integral part in the continuing success of a leading residential development property team.

The team: We are the leading residential development and urban regeneration legal team in the country, acting for 18 of the top 20 UK housebuilders, institutional landowners such as Oxford University and other large-scale sector participants. We advise over the complete life cycle of new build housing from initial heads of terms, land acquisition, obtaining planning permission, building out the scheme and the sale of the new homes. Schemes range from local developments of 50 new homes up to 20,000 unit green field urban extensions and multi-billion pound urban regeneration schemes in central London. We also advise our PLC clients at Group level on national issues such as cladding remediation post-Grenfell and CMA investigations. The team, which is over 240 strong and based in 8 offices across England, operates within Gateley Plc\'s Property Platform. This Platform comprises over 700 professionals who provide cross-disciplinary service delivery to our wider property client base. Part of the team\'s remit is the sale of the new homes once built. These sales, which total approximately 15,000 plots and £3 billion in revenue each year, are handled by the Plot Sales team out of three regional hubs using highly developed IT processes.

The role: Some previous experience of site set up in a residential development team is highly desirable. The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• High levels of accuracy and conscientiousness
• The ability to work effectively in a team of other senior and junior lawyers with the objective of delivering an exceptional client experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent client care skills and the ability to engage effectively and confidently with clients
• Professionalism at all times

Responsibilities

Responsibilities are derived from the role description and team activity, including advising and acting for clients, client engagement and relationship development, and contributing to the delivery of a high-quality service within a fast-paced residential development practice.

Qualifications

• Site set up experience in a residential development team is highly desirable
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Team player with the ability to work with senior and junior lawyers
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent client care and engagement skills
• Professionalism at all times

About You

About Us

The benefits

With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues, there are great development and progression opportunities. We offer a competitive remuneration package with the opportunity for annual bonus based on performance. We provide a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the option to purchase extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and other benefits (grade dependent). We also offer Perks At Work/Home with various retail benefits and a Community Online Academy with free courses in topics from fitness to languages to coding.

About Gateley

Gateley is a forward-thinking, straight-talking professional services group. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Our culture is built on the Gateley Team Spirit and shared values: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. The Gateley Story highlights the values that bind us as one team. We also recognise members of our team each year for living these values through the Gateley Team Spirit awards.

Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing

Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are important to Gateley. We recruit from diverse backgrounds and provide equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible working patterns to support work/life balance and encourage candidates seeking flexibility to apply. We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

Additional Information

If you are offered a role, a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed, including eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, financial stability and references. The checks will be relevant to the role and may vary.