Paralegal / Legal Assistant
Employment
Manchester City Centre
£23,000 - £25,000

Litigation Executive

Ref: 1776| Posted: 2nd Dec 2024

Eventus Legal is seeking a Litigation Executive to join an award-winning organisation that provides services to SMEs nationally. The incoming Litigation Executive will be assisting clients with early conciliation and tribunal matters. This is a permanent, full-time position based in Manchester. Benefits include a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (which rises with service), a day off for your birthday, enhanced sick pay, a group healthcare scheme, life insurance, and a genuine interest in your career growth within the organisation.

 

Role Responsibilities

The incoming Litigation Executive will have a genuine interest in employment law and keen to manage their own caseload of matters and be responsible for their own clients. With a great focus on client service and an empathetic attitude, you will want to naturally help clients through a difficult time. Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

  • Manage around 25 + tribunal and early conciliation matters
  • Conduct preliminary hearings by telephone
  • Draft responses, witness statements and relevant applications
  • Create bundles and deal with all aspects of document disclosure
  • Discuss the merits of a case
  • Achieve commercially favourable settlements

 

Person Specification

Applications are sought from articulate and confident law graduates. The organisation is also looking for the following skills and experience:

  • An approachable and diplomatic manner
  • A commitment to deliver high standards of client care and service
  • Strong organisational and administrative skills
  • Outstanding communication skills and high professional standards

 

Benefits and Rewards

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Paralegals, Legal Assistants or Litigation Executives who are keen to progress with an organisation and further develop the department. They are offering a competitive salary dependent on experience along with additional benefits including:

  • 25 days Holiday plus bank holidays (rises with service)
  • Enhanced Sick Pay
  • Birthday day off
  • Medicash Health program
  • Life insurance
  • Office perk box
  • Employee Profit shares
  • Milestone recognitions
  • Refer a friend scheme

What’s more, your employer pension contributions rise with service.

 

About the Firm

My client has an outstanding reputation nationwide for supporting SMEs nationally, They are progressive and ambitious, with a down-to-earth and trusting approach. The Manchester based firm invests in its people and is expanding its teams due to the increased workload available.

They have an excellent culture, where the team work collaboratively across all the departments. They also offer tailored training to their team members, offering opportunities to work in different departments as part of their development and progression to support individual career aspirations.

 

Next Steps

Apply now if your skills and experience align with this Litigation Executive role.

Alternatively, if you are interested in learning about this career-enhancing role, please contact Nikki Phillips at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at nikki.phillips@eventuslegal.com or phone 07530 737 333 for a confidential discussion.

If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me using the details above for a confidential discussion about your career.

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