Housing Paralegal

Housing Paralegal – Judge & Priestley

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Department: Housing
Location: Bromley

Overview

We are a leading regional law firm, serving a wide range of national and international commercial and private clients from our Head Office in Bromley. Established since 1889, we’ve come a long way and today we are a modern, progressive practice, proud of our record on diversity and inclusion and reputation for training and promoting staff from within the business.

Our Housing Management team has over 30 years’ experience in delivering legal services to social housing providers and to private landlords. Our team is ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners guides.

Our Values

• Expert – We will invest in the continual development of our people, team and also technology to ensure that we continue to be experts in all that we do.
• Professional – We are accountable to our clients, colleagues, and all those with whom we engage to ensure that we are open, transparent and act with integrity in all that we do.
• Friendly – Whilst at all times being professional, we will ensure that we are approachable and seek to put those with whom we deal, at ease in their dealings with us.

What You Will Be Doing

You will be responsible for your own caseload consisting mainly of disrepair, possession, injunction and private landlord matters, meeting financial and billing targets and assisting other fee earners. You will draft advice court documents, bundles, witness statements, statement of costs together with briefing and corresponding with Counsel.

You will undertake legal research, attend clients’ offices and Courts, undertake financial due diligence and new enquiries. You will also provide clients with a dedicated and professional service, provide administrative support to the team and be responsible for file maintenance.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• At least 6 months experience within a legal Housing department in a solicitor’s firm or a professional services firm – Essential
• Experience of using case management systems – Desirable
• Good communication skills both verbally and in writing – Essential

Qualifications

• LLB minimum 2:1 or Cilex level 3 of 6

Benefits

• Profit Share Scheme: We want all our employees to have a share in the success of the firm. This non contractual bonus is paid in June based on the profit from the previous financial year.
• Volunteer Sabbatical: We offer our employees up to 2 days paid leave a year to contribute towards our CSR efforts.
• Long Service Awards: We recognise long service through special lunches, extra time off and a monetary reward.
• Wellbeing – Worklife Central: This multi-format programme covers four main topic areas: Careers, Families, Wellbeing and Inclusion. Support and resources are available through a wide range of online live talks, support groups and workshops, long and short‑form videos accessible on demand and a library of articles, blogs and podcasts.
• Medicash: You will be enrolled into our scheme which provides cashback on a range of health services.
• Pension: All employees are entitled to join our auto‑enrolment pension scheme. You will be enrolled in the pension after 3 months of employment dependent on age and salary.
• Generous & Flexible Annual leave: We have a minimum of 25 days across the firm and you will receive an additional day’s holiday after every completed year of service to a total maximum of 30 days. You are also able to carry over up to 5 days of unused holiday entitlement.
• Birthday off: If your birthday falls on a working day, you can have that day off as an extra day’s leave.
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave: We include family‑friendly policies; after two years’ service you will be eligible for our enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Death in Service Insurance: All employees will be entitled to 2× salary.
• Legal Fees: After one year’s service, you will be entitled to a contribution towards legal fees.
• Recruitment Incentive: We offer up to £2,000 (dependent on level of seniority) referral bonus to say thank you for introducing a job candidate that becomes employed by J&P and passes their probation.
• Season Ticket Loan: After probation, you are entitled to apply for an interest‑free advance for a season ticket to use public transport to reach your place of work.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Allows you to make a saving of 25% – 39% on the retail price of a bike.