Paralegal

LexisNexis South Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd Company; Durban; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal support services provider is looking for a Paralegal in Durban, South Africa. In this role, you will provide specialist support for legal guidance, manage document accuracy, and coordinate with legal professionals. Ideal candidates will have a legal qualification or paralegal experience, attention to detail, and experience in legal editorial work. The position offers various benefits including medical aid, retirement plans, and study leave.

Benefits

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits

Modern family benefits

Study Leave

Qualifications

• Experience with Scots law is ideal.
• Ability to manage large volumes of documents.
• Experience in XML quality assurance and toolkit maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee legal maintenance reviews for guidance documents.
• Draft and publish news items based on legal news sources.
• Manage commissioning tasks and ensure timely delivery of content.

Skills

Legal qualification or paralegal experience

Attention to detail

Legal editorial work experience

Excellent communication skills

Education

Scottish law graduate preferred

Tools

Lexis+

Job description

About the Role

About the Role — As a Paralegal you will provide specialist support for LexisPSL’s Scottish practical guidance, focusing on the priority practice areas (PPAs) Property, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Crime, Restructuring & Insolvency (R&I), and Private Client. You will relieve PSLs of routine maintenance and administrative tasks, enabling them to focus on content development and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing annual and ongoing legal maintenance reviews for Scottish guidance documents, ensuring they are current and compliant, and perform XML quality assurance on all content items.
• Reviewing new and updated content for accuracy and completeness, handle PSL (Professional Support Lawyer) requests, and coordinate with PSLs and external experts for validation and publication.
• Monitoring Scottish legal news sources daily, draft and publish news items, and maintain trackers for news analysis and journals.
• Circulating Scottish case digests, ensure proper treatment of cases, and verify that cited pre-devolution legislation is available for research.
• Maintaining and enhancing the Scotland Collection, conducting quarterly audits to ensure all content is properly linked and indexed.
• Managing commissioning tasks by identifying and supporting authors, tracking progress, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality content.
• Assisting with administrative tasks, metrics reporting, and support the organization of internal meetings and panel sessions.
• Continuously seek improvements and efficiencies in content and processes, adapt content from other jurisdictions where possible, and support scalable drafting through AI and precedent development.

Requirements

• Have a Legal qualification or paralegal experience, ideally with exposure to Scots law (Scottish law graduate preferred but not essential).
• Have impeccable attention to detail and ability to manage large volumes of documents and trackers.
• Have experience in legal editorial work, XML QA, and toolkit maintenance.
• Be able to monitor and synthesise legal news and developments from multiple sources.
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with PSLs, authors, and external experts.
• Be familiar with Lexis+ and related legal research platforms is desirable.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work / life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer :

• Medical Aid
• Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
• Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
• Study Leave