paralegal Manchester, England
Job description
We are currently recruiting for a Paralegal to join our leading Abuse and Public Inquiries team in Manchester.
Providing support to our fee earners, we’re looking for those who can assist on a varied caseload whereby we are acting for clients in civil abuse claims against various organisations and institutions, as well as the opportunity to assist on public inquiry work as and when available.
As part of the role, you’ll be assisting our busy fee earners, including legal research, gathering and reviewing records and collating information, including producing chronologies of often lengthy and complex material and as such, a high attention to detail is required. With the position, it will be required to attend conferences and client meetings alongside fee earners, in order to take notes and also to prepare bundles for court, experts, counsel and defendants, along with opening new files, drafting documents and dealing with a large volume of new enquiries that come into the department with other members of the team.
Our core and voluntary Benefits:
Hybrid working (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment
25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays- Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral
Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of an illness or injury
Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
Life Assurance cover
Workplace pension
Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel and high street stores
Dental Insurance
Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services
Your Professional Development
We will also support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.
Our Values
Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards.
Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service.
That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values. How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:
We do what we say we will
We don’t wait we create
We own it, we sort it
We respect and encourage each other
We make time to live
The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.
Have a question about the role before applying? - please contact Laura Emerton (Talent Acquisition Partner) by emailing –
Please Note - Vacancies may close prior to the expiry date displayed, subject to volume of applications received.
