Paralegal Support Specialist

2 months ago


Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Shoosmiths Full time

About Us

Shoosmiths is a leading law firm that provides exceptional service, innovative thinking, and a commitment to excellence. We support ambitious businesses and empower our people to be their authentic selves, delivering high-quality work in supportive teams.

Our Benefits

We offer a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits to complement our competitive remuneration system. Our benefits package includes a great working environment, high-quality work, and a commitment to the continued success of the firm.

The Role

We are seeking an Assistant Paralegal who will assist in providing a quality and comprehensive conveyancing service with a customer service focus. The ideal candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills, gained from previous experience working in a customer service position, preferably in an office environment.

Main Responsibilities

  • Acquire basic knowledge of the entire Conveyancing process to include post-completion work and be familiar with the roles of support teams such as New Business and Accounts in the process.
  • Attend to any office administration requested such as dealing with post, filing, file closures, and distributing faxes.
  • Prepare draft contract packages, all searches, exchange, and completion letters.
  • Support Paralegals to progress the administration of transactions proactively with all key stakeholders in the process.
  • Assist Paralegals in keeping task reports up to date daily.
  • Ensure that the case management system is kept in an orderly manner and up to date.
  • Deal with client queries wherever possible, assisting the team with taking and making telephone calls.
  • Competently draft non-standard non-technical correspondence.

Requirements

  • Excellent customer service expertise
  • Good written, numeracy, and oral communication skills
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • IT literate, including sound knowledge of Word, Excel, and the internet
  • Ability to prioritize, be organized, and efficient
  • Flexibility with the capability to adapt to change, new practices, and cope under pressure but with the ability to recognize when to seek assistance
  • Able to integrate within a team and able to work on your own initiative
  • Friendly and helpful approach

Desirable Knowledge and Skills

  • Prior experience within a law firm, financial services/mortgage provider, estate agency, or other property-related organization
  • Basic knowledge of the conveyancing life-cycle (including post-completion)
  • Legal qualification such as LLB, CILEX, or CLC


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