Location: Coventry city centre - hybrid working considered
Salary: £25,000 to £30,000 per annum, commensurate with experience
We are working with a Legal 500-listed, Lexcel accredited, award-winning law firm who are seeking an experienced Private Client Paralegal, ideally with 2 years’+ Private Client experience, to work at their office in Coventry city centre. Full time or part time hours will be considered, as well as hybrid working patterns.
This role will involve a good deal of client interaction. You will be well-supported and mentored in this position, working as part of a successful, friendly, collaborative team.
The role will involve
- Supporting fee earners with their mixed caseloads of private client matters, with a view to running your own caseload further down the line
- Liaising with clients by phone, email and face to face
- Drafting of legal documents and correspondence
- Liaising with third party professionals
- Assisting fee earners in matters pertaining to wills, probate, trusts, lasting powers of attorney, court of protection and estate planning
- Working as part of an established team with an excellent client base and reputation
Suitable candidates will have:
- Previous experience supporting Private Client fee earners or running your own straight-forward caseload
- A good understanding of administration of estates
- Knowledge of estate planning
- A good level of computer literacy
- Excellent client care and IT skills
This is a permanent job, working either full-time or part time. Core hours are 9am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday with an hour for lunch.
Benefits include:
- 23 days’ annual leave, rising to 28 days plus bank holidays
- Your birthday off
- Full induction training
- Home working one day per week
- 100% funding for Continuing Competence courses and activities
- Financial support for training leading to professional qualifications
- Regular in-house compliance training
- 100% funding for Professional Memberships and Practising Certificates
- Opportunities to participate in charity fundraising activities and events
- Opportunities to participate in the firm’s and external networking activities
- Excellent career prospects
- Free or subsidised legal services
Note: A competitive salary is offered in line with experience and qualifications. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge.
For more information, please contact Tracey at Talentwise Solutions Legal Recruitment
About Talentwise Solutions Legal Recruitment
Talentwise Solutions Legal Recruitment is a family-run, boutique recruitment agency specialising in legal professional and legal support jobs throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and the Midlands.
We offer a tailored service, to find the right role and the right cultural fit for our candidates, and rest assured we will never forward your CV to any firm without first gaining your consent.
About Your Consultant
Tracey is the Owner and Director of Talentwise Solutions Legal Recruitment, where her focus is on offering a prestigious, consultative, open, and honest service – the way she believes recruitment should be!
Tracey’s passion for recruitment in the legal sector goes back over thirty years, and today it’s stronger than ever. Tracey prides herself on her personalised approach to recruiting and will be on hand to guide you through every stage of the process from initial application through to job offer. You know your career is in great hands with Tracey’s experience and expertise.
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