Paralegal supporting corporate and commercial legal matters while contributing to digital innovation and process improvements at McKesson.
About the role
- Paralegal in the Joint Legal Services Department of West Midlands Police. Managing legal workflow and supporting lawyers in diverse caseload activities.
Responsibilities
- Provide the Joint Legal Services Department with a confidential, comprehensive and efficient paralegal service
- Support lawyers in their work representing the Chief Constables of Staffordshire and West Midlands Police forces
- Produce Court / Hearing bundles
- Conduct legal research
- Provide administrative support to the Lawyers (including some diary management)
- Liaise with Court officials, officers and external stakeholders
- Assist with obtaining instructions from officers and police staff
- Monitor the advice requests received and support the Lawyer(s) with any subsequent tasks
- Provide note and minute taking as required
- Prepare Brief/Instructions to external Counsel & negotiate rates (within agreed limits)
- Draft Court Orders & Court application forms
- Build and administrate workflows for the various teams using the Iken case management system
- Assist with cost recovery where required
- Maintain a record of key data for their team to include monitoring completed actions, outcomes and financial recording
- Maintain a record of cases applied for and outcomes using Iken workflows
- Support with case reviews as directed by the Senior/Principal Lawyers
- Support with financial recording systems
- Undertake other duties within their competence or otherwise appropriate to the grading of the post as and when required
Requirements
- Experience of working in a legal environment (to include bundle/document preparation and legal research)
- High level of computer literacy skills with a good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 (Primarily; Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams & SharePoint)
- Proven ability to multi-task & prioritise within a demanding environment with demonstratable time management skills
- Proven experience of strong team working and working with stakeholders at varying levels
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail with strong organisational skills
- High level communication skills both written and oral with effective interpersonal skills
- Demonstrable client care experience
- Previous experience with a case management system (Desirable)
- Successful completion of a Legal qualification (Desirable)
- Experience of Court practices and procedures (Desirable)
- Previous experience of undertaking research and producing updates / reports based upon this (Desirable)
- Previous experience of public sector (Desirable)
- Experience of minute/note taking (Desirable)
Benefits
- Fair remuneration with progression opportunities, and access to a very competitive pension scheme
- Enhanced annual leave in additional to public holiday entitlements
- Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities
- A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs
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