Legal Assistant

6 months ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Quba Solutions Ltd Full time

**Who We Are**

We at Quba Solutions, offer intelligent automation and financing solutions to small and growing recruitment businesses. We empower any recruiter to be successful in their own right; it’s what drives us. Through blending technology and people, our recruitment funding solution enables any recruiter to shake up the dominant structure of the UK’s recruitment market.

**Position Overview**

As a Legal Assistant, you will be responsible for supporting our General Counsel in managing the day-to-day operations of the legal office and contributing to its overall efficiency. Working both independently and collaboratively with the General Counsel and wider business functions, you will approach your work with a logical and organised approach whilst maintaining confidentiality and professionalism at all times. You will be an analytical thinker with strong conceptual and research skills with the ability to understand and interpret legal documents.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Supporting our Relationship Management, Risk, HR, and Credit Control departments by responding to straightforward legal queries and issues, escalating to the General Counsel as appropriate.
- Assisting the General Counsel with complex transactions, litigation support, and business-critical projects.
- Liaising with our external dispute resolution lawyers and internal stakeholders to ensure that debt recovery matters are resolved efficiently and cost-effectively.
- Reviewing our agency customers’ Terms of Business and client agreements to ensure that they meet our funding criteria.
- Developing and maintaining our register of non-standard contracts.
- Drafting general correspondence, such as breach, reservation of rights, and pre-action letters.
- Carrying out legal research using Practical Law and other online resources.
- Providing general administrative and organisational support to the legal department.
- Keep up to date with legislative changes.

**Skills / Qualifications**
- At least 12 months’ experience within an in-house legal team or the commercial department of a law firm.
- A paralegal/legal executive qualification, LLB, or PGDL.
- An understanding of the invoice finance and/or recruitment sectors, although full training will be provided.
- Professional experience of using MS Office and Practical Law.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be highly organised with good time management skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Happy working independently and using own initiative whilst being a friendly team player too.

**Package**:
We are offering a full-time salary of between £25,000 - 27,000 per annum, with access to a fantastic range of employee benefits:

- 22 days’ holiday per year (in addition to public/statutory bank holidays) - you will also accrue a further day’s holiday for each year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days
- Personal days - two days each year to flexibly work from home when you need to be at home, for that important delivery, or get the plumber in to fix a tap
- Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity, and adoption - and you’ll be eligible after just six months’ employment
- Free gym membership
- Employee perks - discounts off high street and online retailers and restaurants etc.
- Cycle to work scheme - for those who want to cycle to work and reap the benefits
- Career progression opportunities
- Volunteering days - you will have the opportunity to take a day per annum to volunteer at a charity of your choosing, within the group guidelines

**Benefits**
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free on-site parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Paid volunteer time
- Referral programme
- Sabbatical
- Sick pay

**Location**

This position is based in Eastleigh, Southampton.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £25,000.00-£27,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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