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Application deadline: not stated6 month Fixed-Term ContractRemote Working – Occasional travel for key meetings (Oxford or Solihull)Help drive our business forwardA fantastic opportunity for an experienced Paralegal to join our Inchcape UK in-house Legal team on a 6-month FTC basis and provide support to senior lawyers. The purpose of this position is to enable the team to operate at optimum efficiency and provide high-quality legal support to the business in a busy and thriving environment.What we can offer you<ul><li>33 days’ annual leave, including bank holidays (pro rata)</li><li>The opportunity to buy additional holiday</li><li>Retail discounts that save you money every day</li><li>Gym discounts, cash healthcare plans, and a cycle-to-work scheme</li><li>Car discounts for new and used purchases and servicing</li><li>Flexible pension scheme and Sharesave scheme to grow your savings</li><li>Family-friendly policies that help you spend more time with the people that matter</li><li>A wellbeing programme to support you and your family</li><li>Ongoing recognition from your peers and leadership team</li><li>A community volunteering day &nbsp;</li></ul>What you’ll do day to day<ul><li>Working with the Legal team on a diverse range of legal areas, including commercial contracts, litigation, corporate, employment, and consumer law.</li><li>Conducting legal research, reviewing, drafting and/ or amending simple legal documents (including NDA’s, supplier contracts, and IT contracts), proof-reading contracts, responding to escalated customer complaints/ correspondence.</li><li>Assisting with litigation matters, reviewing claims and preparing Defences, filing documents at Court, taking Witness Statements, compile litigation bundles. Liaise with Court prior to Trials to ensure necessary paperwork is sent and received.</li><li>Liaising with stakeholders (internal and external) and other support functions daily.</li><li>Support the Legal department with process improvements and maintaining online filing systems.</li><li>Reviewing and monitoring any legislative changes/ updates that may impact the business.</li><li>Such other duties as the team may require from time to time. &nbsp;</li></ul>Helpful skills and qualificationsDon’t worry about ticking off every single skill here − if you care about delivering great experiences as much as we do, we want to hear from you.<ul><li>Previous experience as a Paralegal (and ideally relevant legal studies complete).</li><li>Previous exposure to commercial contracts and litigation is advantageous.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills.</li><li>Good organisational skills, ability to efficiently manage own time and prioritise workload</li><li>Attention to detail.</li><li>Proficient in Word/ Outlook and working knowledge of Excel.</li><li>Able to demonstrate agile and flexible working.</li><li>High level of discretion with confidential matters. &nbsp;</li></ul>Who we areInchcape is a global automotive group that sells, services, and repairs the world’s best-known car brands, from Audi, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Lexus to BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz.But you don’t need to love cars to work with us − you just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people. That’s why we believe Inchcape is for everyone.At Inchcape we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, and believe that Inchcape is for Everyone. So if you’re excited about this role and you share our values to deliver great experiences through fresh thinking and working better together, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right person for this or other roles. Please get in touch!

Paralegal (FTC) - In-house - Inchcape

About this roleThe Public Law team at Central England Law Centre (CELC) provides legal advice and representation to clients across the Coventry and Birmingham area under a Legal Aid Contract.The Public Law paralegal will play an essential and pivotal part in ensuring the smooth running of the day-to day work within the team. They will be required to provide administrative and casework support to their colleagues within the team, ensuring the needs of clients are put first and foremost in the work they do.This is a fantastic opportunity to play an essential role in a friendly organisation that is trying to make a difference to the lives of those people in our communities that are most vulnerable.The successful candidate will be subject to a basic DBS check.For full role responsibilities and a person specification, download the recruitment pack from our website via Apply.About the Law CentreCentral England Law Centre is the UK’s largest Law Centre, with a national reputation for innovation and excellence in its legal practice. We are a charity that provides free specialist legal advice to people in Coventry and Birmingham who are most in need. We advocate for people, challenge unfair decisions, take cases to the highest courts and work in partnerships with other voluntary and statutory organisations. We work tirelessly to fulfill our vision of a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met, and in which everybody can thrive.What we can offer you:You will be joining a respected and dedicated team who care for each other as well as the people we work with.“My motivation comes from knowing that the Law Centre positively impacts people's every day lives and that everyone who works here wants to keep on doing exactly that.”Our people are at the heart of what we do. That’s why we are committed to promoting a supportive, inclusive and flexible working environment in which:&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>All staff are provided with opportunities for training and development;&nbsp;</li><li>Staff are included in the development of organisational strategy;&nbsp;</li><li>We operate policies that support a healthy and inclusive work-life balance, including:<ul><li>37-hour working week;</li><li>Flexible working hours and a hybrid working arrangement;</li><li>28 days holiday (rising by 1 day per year of service to 35 days after 5 years of service) plus 8 statutory days;</li><li>Pension scheme membership;</li><li>Access to an employee assistance programme;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>Salary: £23,614Closing date: 1pm on 7th August 2024.Interviews will be held in week commencing: 12th or 19th August 2024.

Paralegal - Public Law - Central England Law Centre

Deadline 11:55 pm on Sunday 6th October 2024Job summaryThe Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.&nbsp;&nbsp;Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include Break the Stigma, Carers Network, Disability &amp; Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women’s Network Group.&nbsp;We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career.&nbsp;The Legal Services Directorate undertakes both criminal enforcement work on a range of offences that underpin the insolvency regime, as well as civil litigation work arising from director misconduct. The purpose of this post is to provide support and assistance to the in-house legal team in achieving our enforcement outcomes.Job descriptionThis is an exciting role within our Legal Services Directorate. As a Paralegal Officer you will work closely with our lawyer teams to facilitate the delivery of our criminal and civil enforcement outcomes.&nbsp;ResponsibilitiesAs a Paralegal Officer you will:<ul><li>Be responsible for managing your own caseload of administrative tasks concerning prosecution and civil cases from issue of proceedings to court result and closure.</li><li>Compile documentary evidence for service on courts, defence solicitors and barristers;</li><li>Liaise with all parties involved in criminal and civil casework, including witnesses, defence solicitors, barristers and the courts to ensure that cases are properly prepared and ready for trial;</li><li>Attend criminal courts throughout England &amp; Wales when required. While at court the Paralegal Officer is often the sole representative of the Department and assists in the day-to-day administration of a Crown Court trial or civil proceedings.</li><li>Be responsible for updating internal case management systems and document storage and management systems</li><li>Support the wider team when required through working collaboratively on cases to ensure that key legal milestones are achieved.</li><li>Contribute to wider directorate and agency initiatives as required.</li></ul>If intending to work on a part-time basis, a minimum of 34 hours will be required.Person specificationThe successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:<ul><li>You will have strong organisational skills, with an ability to proactively self-manage, prioritising caseloads and work to tight deadlines</li><li>You will have the ability to work as a team player, with strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work flexibly and effectively across teams to support colleagues in times of increased workload or reduced resource</li><li>You will have a willingness to adapt to change and promote the positive benefits of a culture of continuous improvement.</li><li>You have excellent IT skills and confidence in using the Microsoft Office suite</li><li>You have excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>You will be willing to travel to various court locations, if required. Please note that this could involve overnight stays.</li><li>Any successful candidate would need to undergo police vetting and be cleared at NPVV2 level as they will have access to police information</li><li>If based at a location other than Stratford you will be willing to travel to this location on a frequent basis for training, team meetings and to assist the wider team&nbsp;</li></ul>Essential Criteria<ul><li>You will have previous experience of working in an operational civil or criminal litigation team</li></ul>BehavioursWe'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:<ul><li>Delivering at Pace</li><li>Working Together</li><li>Making Effective Decisions</li><li>Managing a Quality Service</li></ul>BenefitsWe want you have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do so we offer a great benefits package:&nbsp;<ul><li>Flexible working arrangements and flexi-time.</li><li>Full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service.&nbsp;</li><li>In addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave.&nbsp;</li><li>Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave.&nbsp;</li><li>5 days paid leave for learning and development</li><li>5 days paid for volunteering</li><li>Cycle to work scheme</li><li>Season ticket loan</li><li>Staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal life.</li><li>A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%&nbsp;</li></ul>

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