Paralegal (employment)

The practice

Capsticks is independently rated by The Legal 500 and Chambers Directory as one of the leading providers of legal services within health and social care, professional discipline and social housing.  The firm has over 230 fee earners across its four offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Southampton. The firm acts for over 200 clients, including all forms of NHS provider and commissioner organisations, the Department of Health, the NHSLA, regulatory bodies, charities, independent healthcare providers, housing associations, medical malpractice insurers and defence organisations.

The employment department comprises 45 fee earners and, as the UK’s leading supplier of employment law services to NHS bodies, carries out work for around 100 healthcare bodies throughout the UK. The department is able to provide legal advice and training on the full range of employment law issues, from board level to generalist HR practitioner, and has a reputation for handling the most sensitive and high-profile employment law cases.

Further details on the partners in the department and the type of work carried out can be found on our website at www.capsticks.com

The role

This very busy department is seeking a paralegal to support the fee earners on general employment work. The main roles and responsibilities will include:

• working to a chargeable hours target;
• assisting fee earners in aspects of their casework, especially on handling contentious cases;
• preparing cases for tribunal;
• attendance at tribunals;
• liaising by telephone and in writing with third parties, including experts, solicitors, witnesses, claimants and the tribunal as appropriate
• drafting general correspondence;
• preparing cost schedules;
• gathering and assimilating evidence;
• attending to disclosure and inspection of documents
• drafting chronologies;
• bundling including preparing joint bundle indexes and updating bundles;
• research;
• copying and pagination;
• basic legal analysis;
• assisting in the preparation of articles, seminars and best practice advice; and 
• any other duties as reasonably requested.

Supervision, support and relevant training will be provided although the successful applicant will also be encouraged, where appropriate, to use their own initiative.

Candidate specification

Candidates should ideally have:

• at least twelve months experience as a paralegal and at least six months experience in an employment department
• an LPC or BVC qualification;
• good communication skills;
• good administration skills; and
• basic computer skills.

Candidates will also be expected to demonstrate at interview that they are:

• well organised;
• proactive; and
• self-motivated.

If you are interested in applying for this position please e-mail your CV and covering letter to Sally Hewitt, HR officer at [email protected] with the heading "Employment paralegal - April 2014". The deadline for applications is 10am on Wednesday 23 April 2014.

Candidates should be aware:

• as part of the interview process there will be a written test, details of which will be provided to those candidates the firm calls for interview; and
• the firm is only able to respond to candidates we call for interview.

Capsticks is an equal opportunities employer

Capsticks is committed to providing equal opportunities and encouraging diversity in employment.  All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of sex, marital status, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origins, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.