Birmingham City Centre, with hybrid working following successful probation period
Salary £30,000 to £35,000 depending on experience
We are working with a well-established, Lexcel accredited multi-office law firm who are seeking an experienced Claimant Personal Injury Paralegal to join their established and friendly team based in Birmingham City Centre.
Our client offers a very supportive, friendly, and professionally rewarding work environment, underpinned by their enhanced family friendly policies and commitment to all staff's wellbeing. Whilst the team are busy and hard-working, they do not have an "excessive hours culture" found in many larger firms doing similar quality work. They are very committed to giving employees a good work-life balance, allowing them to thrive at work.
The role will involve:
- Supporting a Claimant Personal Injury Fee Earner, with their caseload which will include work-related claims, road traffic accident claims, criminal injury compensation claims, slip/trip claims, uninsured/ untraced driver claims and clinical/medical negligence claims
- Running your own caseload of personal injury fast track claims (either immediately or in the longer term depending on your level of experience)
- Producing schedule of loss statements
- Taking witness statements
- Assessing and redacting bank statements
Suitable candidates will have:
- A minimum of two years' paralegal experience and at least one year's experience working in either claimant personal injury or clinical negligence
- Ideally experience of running your own personal injury caseload
- Experience of using the OIC portal
- Sound knowledge of the litigation process
- The ability to work to deadlines and targets
- A good level of computer literacy
Suitable candidates will have:
- 2-3 years' experience as a Paralegal or similar
- At least 1 year's experience in Personal Injury and/or Clinical Negligence, ideally having run your own caseload of PI matters
- Experience of running claims through the rapid claims portal
- Knowledge of the litigation process, including funding of cases
This is a full time permanent job working 35 hours per week, 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. The role will initially be office based, with hybrid working available following a successful probation period.
The role has come about to to a high volume of work, and is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to establish a career in either personal injury or clinical negligence.
Benefits:
- 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- 2 additional days holiday are normally provided at Christmas (usually Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve)
- Option to purchase up to 3 days additional holiday
- 8% pension (4% employee contribution, 4% employer)
- Life Assurance of 4X salary
- Medicash health cash scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme & Bereavement Support helpline
- Free flu jabs
- Season Ticket Loans
- Discounted will writing and conveyancing
As well as focusing on bringing out the best in their staff and supporting their career development, our client pride themselves on being a firm that genuinely cares for the wellbeing of their staff. They focus on maintaining an open and honest workplace where all staff can be their authentic self and enjoy their time at work. In addition, staff enjoy an excellent work-life balance, with the majority of our people now having hybrid working in place.
Note: Salary is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be wholly dependent on experience. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge
For more information, please contact Tracey at Talentwise Solutions
About Talentwise
Talentwise Solutions is a family-run, boutique recruitment agency specialising in legal professional and legal support jobs throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and the Midlands.
We offer a tailored service, to find the right role and the right cultural fit for our candidates, and rest assured we will never forward your CV to any firm without first gaining your consent.
About Your Consultant
Tracey is the Owner and Director of Talentwise Solutions, where her focus is on offering a prestigious, consultative, open, and honest service - the way she believes recruitment should be! Tracey's passion for recruitment in the legal sector goes back over thirty years, and today it's stronger than ever. Tracey prides herself on her personalised approach to recruiting and will be on hand to guide you through every stage of the process from initial application through to job offer. You know your career is in great hands with Tracey's experience and expertise.
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