Sports, Education and Charities Paralegal

The role

We are looking to speak with individuals who are interested in joining our Sports, Education and Charities team.

The Sports, Education and Charities team is an exciting and dynamic team which supports a broad range of clients regionally and nationally across all three sectors. The nationally recognised team works on a broad and varied range of matters, from day-to-day legal advice through to a range of strategically important projects including mergers, collaborations and restructures.

The role will involve delivering high quality and pragmatic legal solutions to clients across all three sectors while providing excellent service. The role of paralegal requires the individual to continuously develop their technical expertise and deliver expert support to the team.

The successful candidate will support our fantastic legal team on a wide range of issues including:

• merger and restructuring projects including academisations, collaborative working projects, and trading subsidiaries
• day to day and strategic governance advice
• incorporations, charity registration and legal structures
• charity and education law compliance
• grants and contracts
• student issues including admissions, exclusions and SEND
• constitutional and governance reviews

So, who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who is proactive, a motivated self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills and a strong work ethic. Whilst having experience would be fantastic, don’t be put off if you don’t. If you enjoy working collaboratively as part of a team, have enthusiasm and are committed to delivering an exceptional level of client service, we would love to hear from you.

You will also have:

• Excellent communication skills
• Strong client-management skills
• Planning, organising and time management skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Our Team

The Sports, Education and Charities team is a key part of the wider Muckle LLP team, which is over 200 people strong. Our people are based across our Newcastle, Cumbria and Teesside offices.

Muckle LLP has a long-standing commitment to agile working, enabling our team to work from wherever is most suitable for them. Our modern office facilities complement this flexibility, ensuring our people have everything they need to deliver excellent service to our clients and each other.

Our people and values

Our business is full of bright, enthusiastic, articulate, colourful, confident people. People who live and breathe our core values:

• Trust – we trust each other to do the right thing
• Teamwork – we are one team and work selflessly for each other
• Responsibility – we are self-starters and take responsibility for how we work together and communicate
• Care – we care about our people, clients and community

It means, no matter who is involved, our clients receive the same excellent service from people who do what they say, on time and on budget, every time. That’s the Muckle way!

Our culture

We want everyone to understand how our business is run and encourage all our people to get involved. We are also proud of the communities in which we live and work and give our people many ways to support them.

For example, you could use your two days’ paid volunteering leave to support a local cause you care about or nominate them for a grant from our Muckle Fund at the Community Foundation.

From workplace running, netball, cycling and walking clubs to fun events organised by our BEAM (Being Engaged At Muckle) team and participation in our Green Team to help make the business as environmentally friendly as possible, we’ve created a unique and award-winning place to work:

B Corp Certified™ - the first law firm in the North East and Cumbria to achieve this accreditation, we are leading the charge in ethical and sustainable business practices within our region and it forms the next part of our ESG strategy and continuous improvement

• Investors In People Platinum award accreditation
• North East Best Place to Work 2024 and 2023
• North East Business of the Year 2023
• North East Better Health at Work Maintaining Excellence award
• Advanced Good Work Pledge
• Award for Most Inspiring Employer (large business) 2022 and 2023 at the Inspiring Females Awards run by the North East of England Chamber of Commerce

We are really proud of the results of our recent Investors In People survey, in which 95% of our people believe Muckle is a great place to work. Our overall survey results place us 6th for law firms globally, across 75 countries.

So how does all that sound? If you’re looking to work in a friendly, open environment and want to develop your career in a forward thinking, commercial North East law firm, then this is an excellent opportunity.

How to apply

Send your CV to recruitment@muckle-llp.com with the name of the position you are applying for. We would also appreciate you completing our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form .