Personal Injury Paralegal - Leading Claimant Firm
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Greater Manchester, Middleton
- Salary
- Up to £16000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 19 Jun 2019
- Reference
- BBBH25638
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- Practice area
- Personal injury
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Not applicable
- Position
- Paralegal
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Personal Injury ParalegalThis legal 500 firm is a leading personal injury claimant firm with a glowing reputation. Due to growth and continued success, they have a rare opening for a Personal Injury paralegal to join their team of accomplished solicitors. This firm is extremely stable and is looking for a paralegal with prior personal injury experience and is looking to progress.The salary is £18,000Overall purpose for this role -To be responsible for the initial calls to new clients, dealing with their queries, discussing funding, and gathering information to enable the claim to be submitted. -To provide a reliable and efficient support service to colleagues and assist with general administration of caseloads. -To undertake other ad-hoc duties as required from time to time. Main duties and responsibilities -Contacting new and prospective clients to obtain information regarding their claim and advise regarding funding and process. -Accurately and succinctly summarising information obtained so as to allow colleagues to progress the claim. -Assist with drafting documents, client liaison, research work, general correspondence, typing and administrative support. -Sort and review medical and financial records, liaise with medical professionals, financial institutions and other solicitors. -In the absence of supervising fee-earner, ensure that urgent matters are referred to appropriate personnel. Person Specification -Genuine interest to work with a leading claimant law firm and passionate about providing access to justice to all. -Relevant paralegal experience in Personal Injury and/or experience of working in a customer-facing role preferred. -Excellent telephone manner.Benefits include: 29 days holiday per annum inclusive of 4 days of compulsory leave to be taken during the period of office closure between Christmas Eve to the 1st working day of the new year, plus all public and bank holidays; contributory pension scheme; life assurance (4 times the annual salary); interest free season ticket loan; childcare vouchers; cycle to work scheme. We also have annual social activities and genuinely pride ourselves on having a supportive and friendly culture.
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
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