Paralegal - Family (5618)

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. We’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities. We’re always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Our Team: The Family team is one of the UK\’s leading family law teams, accredited by independent legal guides Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, with decades of experience dealing with a range of family issues. The Family team is ranked as Tier 1 and handles a number of interesting and challenging cases, from high court judgements for high net‑worth and high‑profile clients to dealing with the financial aspects of relationship breakdown.

Your Role

If you enjoy being part of a successful, friendly and high‑performing team, then this is the job for you. You’ll be a key point of contact for our clients, many of whom are going through challenging personal circumstances. This is a busy and fast‑paced role, so you’ll need to be able to work quickly and accurately, building strong relationships with your team and our clients. There’s lots of room for progression and we’d really like to support you in your professional development. We have a dedicated national team located in several of our offices.

Responsibilities

• Take instructions from clients and assist with giving legal advice, including obtaining evidence and, where appropriate, finding appropriate resolutions for clients.
• Achieve time‑recording and fee‑income targets to ensure profitable working.
• Work closely with the fee‑earners across the National Team to make sure they have the right support at all times.
• Ideally have previous family paralegal experience.
• Ideally hold an undergraduate degree or equivalent.
• Work professionally and collaboratively.
• Show empathy and compassion to help guide clients through challenging personal circumstances.
• Adopt a friendly, enthusiastic and can‑do approach.

Values & Qualities

• Be pioneering with an imaginative outlook.
• Be approachable and caring.
• Be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives.
• Be efficient in the provision of our services.
• Work with a foundation of integrity.

Benefits & Perks

• 25 days holiday as standard plus bank holidays – you can buy up to 35 hours of extra holiday.
• 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. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

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.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on‑boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders. We carry out pre‑employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted third parties. The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

Seniority level: Entry level | Employment type: Full‑time | Job function: Legal

Locations: Milton Keynes, London, Manchester, Wilmslow, Greater London, Southampton, Banbury.