Hybrid Employment Paralegal – Legal Support & Growth

We are currently recruiting for a Paralegal to join our Employment team in Manchester. Our Employment team handles a range of matters relating to discrimination, harassment, redundancy and unfair dismissal. We also support trade unions and their members, some of which are the largest in the UK with any needs they may have. With members of our team represented in the Legal 500, we provide world‑class services to our clients, ensuring that their cases are well handled and ensuring we do the absolute best to ensure the optimum result. We are looking for a skilled individual who can support our fee earners with handling client matters, offering a high level of care, ensuring compliance with the National Practice Standards. The successful applicant will also be expected to manage financial aspects of matters, including time recording, billing and debtor management, enabling both their own personal fee budget, along with supporting the fee earners with theirs and providing legal and administrative support to fee earners on various client matters. We would also require the successful candidate to work alongside one of our Associates, providing support by reading legal correspondence that is in paper or digital format (where it cannot be accessed by speech software), carrying out calculations for schedules of loss, undertaking legal research with direction from the Associate, whilst also proof reading documents to correct any typographical errors/formatting issues, along with any general administrative support. Please note this list is not exhaustive and other duties may be requested as and when required. We would encourage those with Knowledge and understanding of basic legal concepts learnt from legal education such as undergraduate law, LLM, LPC, GDL or ILEX study; or equivalent work experience; or successful completion of the Paralegal Apprenticeship scheme to apply. We are looking for those with proficient experience with Microsoft Office and relevant business practice systems. What we offer in return * Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (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 * 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 a qualifying 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 * Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores * Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services Your Professional Development We will 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. Thats 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 J-18808-Ljbffr