Litigation Assistant / Paralegal / Law Graduate

Job Title: New Client Team Litigation Assistant

Location: Manchester, M22

Salary: £16,000 (OTE £18,000) With a generous realistic commission structure, where 99% of our clients graduate team take home commission every single month worth on average £2,000 per annum.

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

Holiday Entitlement: 23 days per year. NCT will close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Any bank holidays worked will be awarded with 1.5x back.

Our client are a top 200 Law firm that specialises in personal injury. We cover every area of personal injury including public liability, occupier's liability, road traffic accidents, employer's liability, industrial disease, serious injuries and clinical negligence matters. Our client prides themselves in the work they do helping injured people.

They are LEXCEL and Law Society accredited and are a Legal 500 Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. Six of our Partners are members of the Law Society Specialist Personal Injury Panel and one of our Partners is a member of the Law Society Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel.

They are currently looking to hire a number of law graduates to join their new client team with fast track promotion to a paralegal role within one of our work areas. The new roles are due to the internal promotions of existing members of staff.

What our client can offer:

• Definite progression - all of the training contracts have been awarded to internal candidates. Half of our client's partners did their training contracts with the firm. They currently have 15 trainee Solicitors within the firm. Training contracts are offered on a rolling start and can start immediately once candidates have proved themselves.

• Excellent training - in addition to three appraisals per year, they provide all of their members of staff with personalised training and development plans, as well as one on one coaching and supervision.

The Candidate:

• Law graduates (LLB/GDL/LPC)*
• A definite interest in helping injured people
• Drive and determination to succeed
• Excellent Customer Service skills
• Bright people - we want to progress and develop you in your career

*please note that we are happy to consider candidates who are currently studying their GDL/LPC part-time.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the client's experience from first contact until retention. You will obtain all relevant details of a client's claim and review this information with a Partner on a regular basis. Using our case-management system you will record and update all client information regarding individual cases.

The above list is not exhaustive and as a Litigation Assistant in the New Client Team you are responsible for all new clients that come into the firm. You must ensure that a client's experience with the New Client team is positive.

Working Hours

The New Client Team opening hours are:

Early Shift: 08.00 - 16.30 (1 hour lunch)

Middle Shift: 09:30 - 18.00 (1 hour lunch)

Late Shift: 13.00 - 21.00 (30 minutes lunch)

Saturday - Sunday: 10.00 - 18.00 (1 hour lunch)

Bank Holidays: 10.00 - 18.00(1 hour lunch)

You will work a 3 week pattern on an early, middle and late shift as dictated by your roster and one weekend in seven weeks.

You are entitled to one hour lunch break per day or 30 minutes on a late shift.

There will also be a smart phone rota, where one member of the team will take home a smart phone and answer any calls outside of office hours until 10pm. It is expected that this will be, one night every fortnight. A bonus will be payable on this night.

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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.