Paralegal

2 weeks ago


Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom Irwin Mitchell Full time

Your Role

and What You'll Be Doing

Working as a Paralegal in our Chichester Private Client team, you'll provide day to day support and assistance to the fee earners in relation to the team's clients and caseloads. You'll be confident processing client work allocated to you by your supervisor; assisting with the day-to-day management of estate administration cases, drafting statements of truth, grant of probate application papers and Inheritance Tax forms and be comfortable dealing with third parties such as HMRC.

You'll be responsible for

File management for the Estate Administration Team by running estate administration matters on a paperlite basis to include: file opening and compliance, dealing with correspondence; telephone calls; filing documentation and maintaining the digital file; facilitating financial transactions, inputting personal and financial data on the case management system and archiving files. Handling original documents including wills, death certificates, grants of representation and other legal instruments. Dealing with initial telephone and website enquiries. Completing grant of probate applications. Drafting Lasting Powers of Attorney and overseeing submission to the OPG under supervision of other members of the team Completion and submission of Land Registry forms under supervision

We are looking for a candidate who ideally has experience of working in a similar role previously. You'll be able to work quickly and accurately whilst also always giving excellent client care. Given the nature of the role, it's essential that you are an exceptional and confident communicator as you'll work as part of this highly respected team to assist clients and the firm's trust corporation to the highest of your ability.

About You Ideally you will have experience gained in a private client team with a particular focus on estate administration and grant of probate applications. Ability to work professionally and collaboratively. Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances.

We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them:

To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook To be approachable and caring To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives To be efficient in the provision of our services To work with a foundation of integrity.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to receive your application

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You Flexible working options - Make work fit around your life, not the other way around. 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too Generous and flexible pension schemes. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported to work in a way that best suits you. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over how they wish to work subject to role and client requirements.

We have recently been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations.

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.


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