Paralegal (Transactions)

Description

We are looking for a Paralegal to join our dedicated Legal Services Team. This role will be tasked with supporting the Transaction division with administration as well as managing their own caseload.

• Assist the team in meeting and exceeding its objectives as outlined in its service level agreement
• offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Actively participate in improvements to service and feedback on projects and changes made
• provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
• Track new matters and fees within case management software and on spreadsheets
• Carry out legal research using Lexis Nexis, Land Registry, Companies House and other sources as appropriate
• Manage own caseload of property transactional work under supervision. This will involve a substantial amount of drafting of deeds and other contracts. Matter type allocation will be dependent on level of experience and training will be provided as needed
• make reasonable adjustments as required
• Represent Legal Services with internal and external teams including attending Client meetings and working collaboratively with Clients and others
• Manage files and Transactions calendar, and ensure a high level of organisation, including good document and task management
• Use Microsoft office for tasks including Word for track changes and Excel for spreadsheets
• Ensure that expenditure is forecasted and captured correctly, this includes recording time taken to carry out work and recording disbursements against matters
• Assist qualified members of the Transactions Team with all administration tasks associated with their matters. This includes file set ups, drafting simple correspondence, issuing consents, arranging signing and sealing, dealing with completion, post completion, and requisitions from Land Registry, and archiving documents
• actively look to attract and recruit disabled people

Requirements

• Strong IT and communication skills
• Demonstrable organisational skills and the ability to prioritise
• Completed law degree / CPE / GDL or equivalent or CILEX Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice or Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship in Legal Services
• Residential property law experience – Desirable
• Experience of managing own caseload
• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English (Grades A*- C)
• Performance focused and deliver an excellent service to our Clients and Stakeholders

Benefits

In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.

Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we’re here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.

We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.

We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.

Starting Salary: £35,053

With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

• Up to 8% contributory pension
• Flexible working
• Investment in your learning and development.
• 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
• be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance