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Deadline: 5pm, Monday 17 March 20251 Year Fixed TermHours: 35 hours per week (28 considered)We are looking for a dedicated Employment and Welfare Rights Paralegal to join our team and help support local residents facing employment and welfare benefits challenges.This role is more than just legal support—it’s about empowering individuals, ensuring fairness, and helping people access the rights and benefits they deserve. Our employment solicitor and welfare rights supervisor provide vital casework and expert guidance to those in need, as well as supporting local voluntary sector organisations through second-tier advice.As a key member of our team, you will play an essential role in fighting for workers’ rights, tackling discrimination, and ensuring vulnerable individuals receive the support they are entitled to. Your work will have a tangible impact on people’s lives, helping them secure fair treatment, financial stability, and peace of mind.What You’ll Be Doing:<ul><li>Supporting the work of the Employment, Discrimination, and Education Supervisor, assisting with casework, research, and client interviews.</li><li>Assisting the Welfare Rights Supervisor in ensuring individuals receive the benefits and financial assistance they are entitled to.</li><li>Developing your expertise to progress into managing your own caseload and contributing to second-tier advice delivery.</li></ul>&nbsp;Why Join Us?This is an exceptional opportunity for someone with a strong sense of social justice who wants to build a career in employment law and welfare rights. You will gain hands-on experience, professional mentorship, and opportunities for career progression while making a direct and lasting impact on your community.If you are committed to fairness, equality, and ensuring that no one is left behind, we want to hear from you.The post will be based at our office in Camberwell with some outreach and attendance at evening meetings. SLC has adopted an agile working policy and encourage staff to work partly from home.Southwark Law Centre has an Equality Diversity and Inclusion policy. We welcome applications from candidates who meet the person spec regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex (gender) and sexual orientation.Starting salary and relevant experienceThe Law Centre criteria for starting salaries aims to ensure that all relevant experience is recognised for all posts within clearly justifiable limits so that starting salary does not unfairly reward on the basis of age. Experience is only relevant for these purposes if it is equivalent to the role on offer. The post holder salary increases by 1 point each year until the top of the scale is reached within NJC payscales. In addition the Law Centre pays cost of living increases agreed nationally by the NJC.Relevant experience 1-2 years SP9 £31,884Relevant experience 2-5 years SP11 £32,817Relevant experience 5 years + SP13 £33,780Closing date for applications: 5pm, Monday 17 March 2025Interviews: Tuesday 25 March 2025To download the application pack, click Apply

Paralegal (FTC) - Employment and Welfare Rights - Southwark Law Centre

Deadline: not stated so apply as soon as possibleWorking hours:&nbsp;20 hours per week, ideally over 3 or 4 daysAbout the roleBenefact Group are looking for a Commercial / Corporate&nbsp;Paralegal to join our Legal Team based in our Gloucester office on a part time, hybrid basis.As Paralegal you will play a key role in supporting our Legal Team in the provision of legal advice to the Group.Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.&nbsp;Key responsibilities<ul><li>Provide legal support to the Legal Team by assisting in the preparation of legal documents and providing support for corporate transactions.</li><li>Supporting the drafting, review and negotiation of contracts including NDAs, letters of variation/extension and terms and conditions.</li><li>Supporting M&amp;A transactions and other corporate advisory matters including conducting due diligence and drafting ancillary documents.</li><li>Assisting with the management of our trademark portfolio by leading on the review of trademark watch notices and identifying potential conflicts.</li><li>Undertaking legal research to assist in the provision of legal advice.</li><li>Co-ordinating and facilitating the execution of leases in relation to the ongoing management of the Group’s investment property portfolio.</li><li>Supporting the creation of standard business templates and the creation of know how.</li><li>Promoting Legal to the wider business including the delivery of blog articles.</li></ul>Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Law Degree, CILEX, relevant paralegal practice qualification or equivalent; or paralegal experience.</li><li>Good knowledge and understanding of contract law and experience of drafting contractual documentation.</li><li>Legal research skills and experience.</li><li>A self-starter who is curious and willing to learn.</li><li>A solution driven approach to providing legal advice and proactive with stakeholder engagement.</li><li>A team player who will take on the everyday routine duties as well as the wider projects and initiatives to work to support the team's objectives.</li><li>The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, and to prioritise your workload.</li></ul>What we offer<ul><li>A competitive salary - let's discuss it</li><li>Hybrid working&nbsp;</li><li>Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution</li><li>Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%</li><li>25&nbsp;days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme</li><li>A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance</li><li>Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice</li><li>Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year</li><li>Employee Assistance Programme</li><li>Full study support to gain professional qualifications</li><li>Access to virtual GP</li><li>Enhanced maternity and paternity pay</li></ul>About usBenefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK’s 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. &nbsp;At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.&nbsp;

Paralegal - in-house corporate/commercial - Benefact Group

Flex Legal was originally conceived as a platform for law graduates to find fixed-term paralegal work. Law firms and legal teams would come to us with their workload challenges, and we would find the perfect paralegal to help solve them. Our organisation has changed a lot since then (we now also place lawyers and trainees), but facilitating paralegal placements remains the heart of our business.If you’re a seasoned paralegal looking to explore new legal practice areas, or a recent law graduate hoping to build that initial bit of legal work experience, Flex Legal is here to help you! This page is full of information to help your application.How the process works1. Apply Fill out an application form and submit your CV. Then, undergo a basic competency test and interview with our team.2. Build your Profile Create a legal profile on our platform, that we can show to our clients when they need support.3. Work When we find a suitable role, we’ll check your interest via text or email. If you're successful at interview, great! You’ll start and be paid fortnightly.As one of the UK’s foremost legal work organisations, we receive hundreds of applications to join our platform every week. Flex is committed to helping as many paralegals as possible find work opportunities – but can only accept your application to the platform if we are confident that we will be able to place you.For paralegal applicants:<ul><li>A UK-specific legal qualification such as an LLB or GDL is required as an absolute minimum.</li><li>Prior experience in a legal or administrative role is an advantage.</li></ul>We would also ask that paralegal CVs:<ul><li>Are no longer than 2 pages in length.</li><li>List your education from most recent to least recent.</li><li>List your work experience from most recent to least recent.</li><li>Do not include photos or headshots.</li><li>Use “professional” fonts such as Arial, Calibri, or Times New Roman.</li></ul>Once you've built a profile on our platform, we will pass suitable roles over to you as and when they come to us - which you can accept or reject with no commitment required. Here's what our platform offers you:<ul><li>A digital CV and profile video that you can customise at any time, and is visible to potential clients.</li><li>A digital availability calendar you control.</li><li>Text and email notifications for new paralegal roles.</li><li>Fortnightly pay.</li><li>Access to our SQE journal, where you can record Qualifying Work Experience towards your SQE qualification.</li><li>Access to our supportive and helpful team of Client Services Associates, who help you find the roles you want.</li></ul>

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