Paralegal Team Leader, Bristol

Our client is an award-winning, full service, commercial law firm and they are rapidly developing a national reputation for its innovative approach to delivering legal services. They operate in the financial services, leisure, retail & consumer goods, technology & media, renewables, housing and public sectors. Their specialisms are real estate, banking and finance, commercial, corporate, employment, dispute resolution and litigation.

The Job:

On behalf of our client we are seeking a Paralegal Team Leader on 12 month contract. In this role your responsibility will be to manage and supervise a small team of Legal Administrators and support the Operations Manager in their team in Central Bristol. This is a junior management position overseeing a small team of Legal Administrators and ensuring effective collaboration, task performance, and professional development.

The Responsibilities:

• Line management of up to 10 Legal Administrators including performance management, career development, discipline and welfare support with HR.
• Actively manage work levels, quality and resources
• Monitor and supervise the quality and completion of tasks
• Actively monitor Section MI, identify patterns/trends
• Holding regular team meetings ensuring that the team are kept updated
• Support the Operations manager to develop talent within the team by identifying individual potential.
• Supporting team members in achieving agreed objectives through delegation, coaching, mentoring and training.
• Support the Operations Manager with the training and induction of new starters
• Take ownership of knowledge management and query log and elevate any queries that require further review.

The Person:

For this role, our client is looking for someone who has legal paralegal experience with some experience of supervising or training

Additional Skills and Experience:

• Legal experience preferred
• The ability to understand and apply different task processes.
• Experience with Legal or banking case management systems (not essential)
• Experience working in a paralegal role (ideally this would be in real estate or conveyancing or a litigation department, but not essential.

The Benefits:

Contributory Pension, Group Life, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days’ holiday & a flexible benefits scheme.

The Hours:

Monday to Friday 9am – 5.30pm - 12 month contract

The Salary:

Up to £32,000

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: £30,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

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