Employment Paralegal

Christian Jobs Ltd; United States; Teletrabalho; USD 31 000 - 38 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

10% pension contribution

Remote working

Private healthcare

Resumo da oferta

Magara Law is seeking an Employment Paralegal for a home-based, full-time role. Training will be provided on our practices, procedures and systems, with a 9:00–17:30 workday and a salary of £26,000 per year.

The ideal candidate has a law degree, strong communication skills and IT proficiency, and is based in England or Wales. The role includes a mix of claimant and respondent work and opportunities for professional growth within the firm.

Qualificações

• Must hold a law degree and be able to manage own caseload.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Itl literate with Microsoft applications and specialist systems.
• Based in England or Wales.
• Ability to work flexibly with a can-do attitude.

Responsabilidades

• Provide employment law support on claimant and respondent matters.
• Draft contracts, policies, disciplinary guidance and settlement agreements.
• Assist with redundancy, performance and confidential information protection tasks.
• Handle enquiries, draft client communications and collate tribunal bundles.
• Support billing, marketing and business development initiatives.

Conhecimentos

Prioritise workload

Work under pressure

Customer service

IT literate

Team collaboration

Formação académica

Law degree

Ferramentas

Microsoft Office

Legal case management systems

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Magara Law is looking for an Employment Paralegal to join our firm. Full training will be given in relation to our practices, procedures and systems.

The role is home-based, and you will be provided with all the necessary IT and equipment to fulfil it.

This is a full-time role - Monday - Friday from 9:00 - 5:30.

Salary: £26,000 per annum.

This is a role with longevity at its heart. We welcome applicants looking to grow in their role and become an integral part of the firm.

About you

We are looking for someone who is positive, with a flexible, ‘can-do’ attitude and the ability to work, at times, under pressure. The applicant should:

• Have a law degree
• Be trustworthy, independent and courteous
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have good attention to detail
• Be IT literate, including the use of Microsoft applications and specialist systems
• Be based in England or Wales

Skills/Experience

• Ability to prioritise work, function efficiently under pressure and remain calm and professional
• Ability to work to set deadlines and produce accurate work
• Ability and desire to deliver exceptional customer service
• IT literate
• To undertake legal and general administrative support duties;

Duties

We have a commendable mix of claimant and respondent work.We act for clients on contentious, non-contentious and advisory UK employment law matters including:

• Employment contract, service agreement and policy preparation.
• Disciplinary and grievance guidance.
• Capability and employee ill-health absence management.
• Pay, bonus, incentives and remuneration rights.
• Securing employee business confidentiality and customer information protection, and enforcement of post-termination restrictions including fiduciary obligations.
• Settlement agreements.
• Workforce rights management in redundancy and reorganisation programmes.
• Discrimination and harassment rights.
• Dismissal and employment termination.
• Board level rights and directors' duties.
• Statutory rights and enforcement in Employment Tribunals, including whistleblowing claims.
• Working with and providing colleagues with appropriate support in the provision of such advice to clients and, increasingly, autonomously.
• Actively improving own knowledge and expertise in all areas of employment law and participating in and contributing to departmental training.
• Contributing to marketing and business development initiatives of team and firm.

It is essential that you:

• Have some previous non-contentious, contentious and advisory employment experience, or some educational or employment experience in employment law.
• Have the ability to manage your own caseload.
• Have the ability to work collaboratively as part of the team.

Further duties:

• To act as the first point of contact for enquiries to legal services including answering telephone calls, emails andwritten enquiries
• Drafting communications to clients
• Collating tribunal bundles
• Conflict, ID and AML checks
• Opening new files and updating them accordingly with documentation
• Billing
• Liaising with team to manage enquiries and workflow to ensure comprehensive service to clients
• Drafting articles, blogs and posting on social media on behalf of the firm

Our offer to you

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £26,000.00 per year

• Benefits: 10% employer contribution to pension, remote working and private healthcare (upon completion of probation).

Other information

Hiring Manager: Roy Magara, Director on 07368 234 184 or [e-mail].