Commercial Property Paralegal

Exceptional clients. Quality Commercial Property work. A career with room to grow.

Paralegal Carlisle - Full Time

Youll provide a professional, efficient and high-quality legal service to our clients, working in line with Burnetts policies, procedures and standards. Youll play an important role in supporting the Commercial Property team while developing your experience and taking responsibility for your own matters.

In return, you'll get a rare combination: high-quality work with one of Northern England's largest law firms, with genuine flexibility.

The opportunity

Youll support lawyers within the Commercial Property team with a range of legal work and provide wider support across the firm as directed by the Head of Department.

Youll also be responsible for your own caseload of smaller matters, managing these from start to finish within the limits of your delegated authority. Its a great opportunity to build your Commercial Property experience, take on greater responsibility and develop your career within an experienced team.

What youll bring

• Strong administrative and organisational experience
• Knowledge of, or experience within, Commercial Property law and procedures
• Confident using Microsoft 365, including Outlook and Excel
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise your workload
• Ability to work effectively to deadlines

Personal Attributes

• Able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates the firms core values
• A positive, can-do attitude
• Proactive and willing to take responsibility
• Professional and polite
• Able to remain calm under pressure
• Reliable, adaptable and dedicated
• Willing to support others
• Discreet, with a strong understanding of confidentiality

Build your Commercial Property career with Burnetts

If youre already working at Paralegal level and want high-quality work, responsibility for your own caseload and the opportunity to develop within an experienced Commercial Property team, wed love to hear from you.

At Burnetts, we're proud of the talented people who make our firm what it is. With specialist expertise across a wide range of legal disciplines, we're a firm where people support one another, enjoy working together and take real pride in the quality of what they do.

Why Burnetts?

Big-firm opportunity. Serious flexibility. Great Benefits.

• 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Life cover
• Wellbeing support and initiatives
• Regular team and firm-wide events

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We are committed to improving the diversity of our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.

If you have not already done so, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations should they be required.