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Sector: Legal
Role: Associate
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'we're legal and financial experts that care' - something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.
We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.
Your Role and What You'll Be Doing
Your role will involve, but is not limited to:
1. Taking instructions from clients and assisting with the giving of legal advice, including obtaining medical and other evidence, instructing Counsel and, where appropriate, assisting with other litigation tasks, to achieve appropriate resolutions for the clients.
2. Achieve time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.
3. Keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attend appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice.
4. You will be responsible for ensuring that client queries are dealt with quickly, efficiently and with empathy, taking appropriate actions.
About You
* Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances
* A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach
* Enthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal
We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them:
* To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
* To be approachable and caring
* To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
* To be efficient in the provision of our services
* To work with a foundation of integrity.
If this sounds like you, we'd love to receive your application.
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
* 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
* Generous and flexible pension schemes.
* Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
* Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!
Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr