Paralegal - Employment Law

We are looking for candidates with the following:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills especially around being able to explain legal concepts to clients in a straightforward and easily understood manner.

You should have experience in confidently communicating with a variety of external parties.

Whilst extremely rewarding, due to the nature of our clients disputes this role can occasionally be quite sensitive and challenging, and you should therefore be resilient and have a good level of confidence to manage vulnerable clients

Good knowledge and skillset in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and Teams.

Be enthusiastic and willing to learn, and to work as part of a team. Have the ability to act on own initiative, knowing when to seek support.

You must be customer focussed in your approach to work and strive to provide a quality and efficient service to clients, including commercial insurer clients.

You must have the ability to identify risks and/or issues along with making suggestions for the appropriate mitigation of the same and to escalate them appropriately in accordance with company policy.

Have an ability to prioritise and work under pressure managing numerous commitments simultaneously.

ARAG UK helps businesses and individuals gain access to justice, and it’s our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those who can afford it, to assert their legal rights.

Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG UK are paying their legal bills. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas.

We have historically focussed on delivering legal services to customers solely via our Legal Expenses Insurance products, which provides a steady workload of litigated cases in areas such as;

• Personal Injury
• Litigation & Dispute Management
• Employment
• Business & Commercial

We believe these are exciting times for ARAG Law as part of the wider ARAG UK, and we are looking for likeminded individuals who share our ambition to make our high quality legal solutions accessible and affordable.

You can expect to join an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career in ways that traditional law firms cannot. We are also committed to supporting continued professional development and promote both internal Training Contracts and alternative routes to qualification (SQE/CILEX).

By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.