Senior Paralegal Executive – Employment Law London
Apply Now
Do you have 2-3 years rounded practical employment law experience in a paralegal role and want to develop and work in-house?
An exciting opportunity exists to join us based at one of our locations at Birmingham, Manchester or London. Your experience will be testament to being able to operate at a senior level. The role is particularly suited to those who have followed the CILEX Chartered Legal Executive route.
You will join our team supporting the Employment Lawyer in preparing tribunal cases from issue of claim to full merit hearing stage in the Employment Tribunal. You can look forward to assisting with diverse and challenging caseload, as you with deal with all aspects of employment law from wages claims to TUPE and whistleblowing.
What you’ll be doing…
- Managing the legal inbox
- Checking claims for jurisdictional issues, correct Respondent and ACAS Certificate compliance
- Undertaking an initial assessment on the merits of cases and summarising
- Obtaining documents from employee files to prepare our response to claims.
- Produce a chronology of key events relevant to the legal and factual issues of the documents in preparation for submission of the Grounds of Resistance.
- Drafting basic applications e.g., to vary the timetable in an Order or witness availability to the Tribunal and assist in drafting more complex applications as required by the Employment Lawyer, e.g., application for strike out/deposit orders/Unless orders.
- Drafting witness statements.
- Facilitating the disclosure process, including drafting lists of documents and bundle indexes.
- Timely and accurate preparation of bundles for preliminary and full merit hearings to include collating relevant documents and photocopying.
- Diarising hearing dates and dates by which tribunal directions should be complied with.
- Close files and archive files and other materials.
- Assist the Employment Lawyer with periodic review of tribunal cases to assess next steps, ensure Orders have been complied with by both parties and take appropriate action.
- Support the Employment Lawyer with Employment Law research.
- Liaise with counsel and Chambers including solicitors as appropriate and provide written briefs to counsel when required and as directed by the Employment Lawyer.
- Resolve Fee Notes with accounts.
- Prepare a monthly employment law tribunal information and statistics spreadsheet.
- Supporting other parts of the business regarding queries such as employment tribunal statistics
- Attending Employment Tribunal/Appeal hearings and taking notes of the proceedings.
- Attend meetings and conferences when required and take notes during meetings, interviews, conferences.
- Provide written case summaries and monthly updates on important areas and developments in employment law and disseminate to HR practitioners.
- Provide wider support and assistance to the Legal Team.
- Provide administrative support to lawyers and enhance office effectiveness.
- Type up and file basic legal documents and correspondence
- Provide support to lawyers across the team as and when needed.
Essential Skills
What you’ll need…
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks or caseloads.
- Ability to work independently and confidently
- An understanding or ability to grasp the legal and factual issues in a case grounded in a sound analysis of the law.
- Ability to critically assess cases and anticipate appropriate action.
- Motivation to learn, understand, apply and develop legal knowledge.
- Ability to apply pragmatic solutions to legal issues regarding HR legal queries.
- Time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
- Good teamwork skills and the ability to confidently interact with barristers, solicitors and senior management
- General IT skills, i.e. Microsoft packages and knowledge of legal database certifications such as LexisNexis or Westlaw
- Qualifications: CILEX Professional Qualification is ideal or other equivalent qualification.
Experience
- Legal research skills and the ability to simplify legal concepts and apply them to facts.
- Responding to case management orders.
- Drafting basic claims and witness statements.
- Indexing, collating, paginating and checking bundles
- Drafting applications for Tribunal/Court including drafting witness statements.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of Employment Law essential as well as the application of employment law in practice.
- Involvement in managing cases such as: unlawful deduction from wages, unfair dismissal and discrimination
- Familiarity with Tribunal processes and the life of a case in the Employment Tribunal up to Court of Appeal is desirable.
- Overall familiarity with legal procedures, protocols and Civil Court system.
- Familiarity with The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 and Presidential Guidelines is desirable regarding the guidelines.
About Company
Securitas Benefits:
- Paid holiday, company pension and life assurance scheme
- Discounted gym membership, wellness advice and support
- Cycle to Work Scheme, car lease and new car purchasing schemes
- Employee discounts and cashback savings across hundreds of your favourite high street brands, online shopping, holidays, and days out
Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness are the core values that Securitas is built on to shape a long-term, financially successful enterprise for our customers, employees, and shareholders.
With roots dating back to 1934, Securitas is one of the largest security service organisations in the world. We are a company that offer career progression and development, providing access to training and the ability to gain professionally recognised qualifications.
Securitas is an all-inclusive employer, and we encourage individuality within our company. If you want to know more about why Securitas is the world’s leading security group, and our continuing work in the diversity & inclusion space, please visit our website.
Join the Securitas Team today!
Essential Requirements
What you’ll need…
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks or caseloads.
- Ability to work independently and confidently
- An understanding or ability to grasp the legal and factual issues in a case grounded in a sound analysis of the law.
- Ability to critically assess cases and anticipate appropriate action.
- Motivation to learn, understand, apply and develop legal knowledge.
- Ability to apply pragmatic solutions to legal issues regarding HR legal queries.
- Time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
- Good teamwork skills and the ability to confidently interact with barristers, solicitors and senior management
- General IT skills, i.e. Microsoft packages and knowledge of legal database certifications such as LexisNexis or Westlaw
- Qualifications: CILEX Professional Qualification is ideal or other equivalent qualification.
Experience
- Legal research skills and the ability to simplify legal concepts and apply them to facts.
- Responding to case management orders.
- Drafting basic claims and witness statements.
- Indexing, collating, paginating and checking bundles
- Drafting applications for Tribunal/Court including drafting witness statements.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of Employment Law essential as well as the application of employment law in practice.
- Involvement in managing cases such as: unlawful deduction from wages, unfair dismissal and discrimination
- Familiarity with Tribunal processes and the life of a case in the Employment Tribunal up to Court of Appeal is desirable.
- Overall familiarity with legal procedures, protocols and Civil Court system.
- Familiarity with The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 and Presidential Guidelines is desirable regarding the guidelines.
COVID-19 Senior Paralegal Executive – Employment Law London