Serious and Catastrophic Injury Paralegal /Litigation Assistant

Job Title: Litigation Assistant - Serious and Catastrophic Injury Paralegal

Location: Manchester, M22

Salary: £15,800 salary with exceptional training and development

Hours: 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm on a Friday (1 hour lunch)

Our client is a top 200 Law firm that specialises in personal injury. They are LEXCEL and Law Society accredited and are a Legal 500 Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. Six of their Partners are members of the Law Society Specialist Personal Injury Panel and one Partner is a member of the Law Society Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel.

Job Role:

The company is offering a fantastic opportunity to work with a senior solicitor, on a one to one basis, dealing with a catastrophic caseload. This role offers superb coaching and mentoring for your onward career, as you will get the opportunity to deal with multi-track and litigated work. You will also get to make a real difference to people who have suffered life changing injuries.

The role has a real chance to lead to a Training Contract. The company offer Training Contracts on a rolling start and you will have regular meetings with your supervisor to discuss your progress.

The Candidate:

• An LPC graduate, ideally with some personal injury experience.
• Excellent academics are preferred but candidates will still be considered if they can demonstrate strong drive, ambition and desire to help injured people.
• Excellent Customer Service skills and competent telephone manner
• Drive and determination to succeed

The Company Offers:

This position has excellent career prospects, and the company would expect those who can show they provide excellent levels of client care, legal ability and commitment, to progress and gain a training contract.

The company's training and development plan is tailored to each individual and they have prominent industry leaders speak at their away days. They equip their people with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in a legal professional role

Benefits:

• 3 annual reviews with strong emphasis on promotion
• Private Healthcare after 2 years employment with the Company
• Holiday Entitlement 23 days and rising by one day every year for the first 3 years to 26 days.

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Serious Injury Paralegal, Personal Injury Paralegal, Legal Graduate, Law Graduate, LPC Graduate, Legal Practise Course Graduate, Legal Assistant, Litigation Assistant, GDL, Costs Paralegal, Costs Litigation Assistant, Costs Draftsperson, Legal Executive, Legal Support Assistant, Paralegal, Legal Assistant, Legal Executive, Legal Handler, Legal Secretary, Family Law Paralegal, Paralegal, Legal Aid will also be considered for this role.