Commercial Property Paralegal
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Stamford
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 10 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 08 Jul 2022
- Sectors
- Travel & Tourism
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
About our Client
They are an award-winning Legal 500 top-ranked firm and work with a diverse range of regional, national and international clients. They are passionate about the quality of advice and service they provide and keen to embrace technology.
Our Client carries the LawNet Mark of Excellence. The firm was awarded the two-star status in the Best Companies guide for 2016 and is Investor in People Gold accredited.
The role:
You will be a key member of the legal team whose work can range from proactive interaction with clients, and administrative and legal secretarial tasks to legal research.
Ideally, you should have sound technical knowledge, commercial awareness and the ability to develop strong working relationships with clients and colleagues.
What is expected:
Working under the close supervision and direction of an experienced lawyer, you will support the department and the firm in the following ways:
* Demonstrates a thorough understanding of how the business works.
* Draft correspondence/documents for approval by relevant legal professionals.
* Uses IT systems and other resources to effectively improve efficiency, quality and service levels.
* Actively raise the profile of the firm within the chosen marketplace and conduct oneself in business and personal life in a manner which does not adversely affect the reputation of the firm.
* Delivery of individual fee targets with minimal supervision.
* Ensuring high levels of client satisfaction and building appropriate relationships with clients.
* Adherence to agreed quality procedures and management systems.
* Continually develop technical and non-technical skills to meet client and firm requirements and demonstrate continuous improvement in all areas of work.
* Travel required for business development, meetings and training purposes.
You will deliver on agreed cases by the firm's standards, procedures, and behavioural statements and support the wider team as required across our 5 offices, although the candidate will be based at our Stamford office.
Qualifications:
* Relevant professional qualification or relevant industry experience.
Skills / Experience:
* Strong legal understanding of the specific business area
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Appropriate empathic qualities given the nature of the work
* Working knowledge of case management systems and Microsoft Office applications.
* Experience in the Commercial Property Department
What we see as important is you! including your personality, behaviours and ethics, below is what our client would like within the firm:
* Professional business-like appearance and conduct.
* A strong team player with a motivational hands-on approach with the ability to identify and deliver what is required.
* Uses initiative, drives, plans and organises own time and workload to meet deadlines and priorities work.
* A measured and rational approach to problem-solving.
* Ability to deliver under pressure and maintain a high level of performance in assigned areas of work.
* Flexibility to respond quickly and effectively.
* Deals confidently and diplomatically with clients and other stakeholders.
* Demonstrates integrity and congruence when dealing with people.
Reward and development:
This is an excellent opportunity to deal with a high-quality caseload for someone who possesses technical skills and the motivation to develop further.
Our Client pride themselves on a positive work environment where independent thinking and new ideas are actively encouraged and where every member of the team genuinely can make a difference.
Our Client are an equal opportunities employer and as a firm their values are:
* Responsibility
* Empowering (no idea is a bad idea, everyone is empowered to think and acquire)
* Sharing - collaboration and sharing of best practice/success
* Positivity - mistakes can become positive, learning experiences
* Enabling & Expectations
* Communication - default to open
* Trust - in all our colleagues based on mutual respect
They are an award-winning Legal 500 top-ranked firm and work with a diverse range of regional, national and international clients. They are passionate about the quality of advice and service they provide and keen to embrace technology.
Our Client carries the LawNet Mark of Excellence. The firm was awarded the two-star status in the Best Companies guide for 2016 and is Investor in People Gold accredited.
The role:
You will be a key member of the legal team whose work can range from proactive interaction with clients, and administrative and legal secretarial tasks to legal research.
Ideally, you should have sound technical knowledge, commercial awareness and the ability to develop strong working relationships with clients and colleagues.
What is expected:
Working under the close supervision and direction of an experienced lawyer, you will support the department and the firm in the following ways:
* Demonstrates a thorough understanding of how the business works.
* Draft correspondence/documents for approval by relevant legal professionals.
* Uses IT systems and other resources to effectively improve efficiency, quality and service levels.
* Actively raise the profile of the firm within the chosen marketplace and conduct oneself in business and personal life in a manner which does not adversely affect the reputation of the firm.
* Delivery of individual fee targets with minimal supervision.
* Ensuring high levels of client satisfaction and building appropriate relationships with clients.
* Adherence to agreed quality procedures and management systems.
* Continually develop technical and non-technical skills to meet client and firm requirements and demonstrate continuous improvement in all areas of work.
* Travel required for business development, meetings and training purposes.
You will deliver on agreed cases by the firm's standards, procedures, and behavioural statements and support the wider team as required across our 5 offices, although the candidate will be based at our Stamford office.
Qualifications:
* Relevant professional qualification or relevant industry experience.
Skills / Experience:
* Strong legal understanding of the specific business area
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Appropriate empathic qualities given the nature of the work
* Working knowledge of case management systems and Microsoft Office applications.
* Experience in the Commercial Property Department
What we see as important is you! including your personality, behaviours and ethics, below is what our client would like within the firm:
* Professional business-like appearance and conduct.
* A strong team player with a motivational hands-on approach with the ability to identify and deliver what is required.
* Uses initiative, drives, plans and organises own time and workload to meet deadlines and priorities work.
* A measured and rational approach to problem-solving.
* Ability to deliver under pressure and maintain a high level of performance in assigned areas of work.
* Flexibility to respond quickly and effectively.
* Deals confidently and diplomatically with clients and other stakeholders.
* Demonstrates integrity and congruence when dealing with people.
Reward and development:
This is an excellent opportunity to deal with a high-quality caseload for someone who possesses technical skills and the motivation to develop further.
Our Client pride themselves on a positive work environment where independent thinking and new ideas are actively encouraged and where every member of the team genuinely can make a difference.
Our Client are an equal opportunities employer and as a firm their values are:
* Responsibility
* Empowering (no idea is a bad idea, everyone is empowered to think and acquire)
* Sharing - collaboration and sharing of best practice/success
* Positivity - mistakes can become positive, learning experiences
* Enabling & Expectations
* Communication - default to open
* Trust - in all our colleagues based on mutual respect