Job Title: Family Paralegal
Location: Barnet
Salary: Dependent on experience

About GT Stewart

We are a renowned multiservice law firm committed to access for justice. Our lawyers specialise in criminal defence, family law, housing, civil liberties and human rights. We are a Legal 500 and Chambers UK recommended firm who are currently recruiting a permanent, full-time Family Paralegal to join our busy Barnet office.

Your profile

You will preferably:

1. Be embarking on or have completed either the LPC or BPTC and undertaken the family law elective Private Law Children
2. Be able aim to demonstrate an interest in Family law
3. Have strong organisational skills
4. Have the ability to work under pressure

Key responsibilities

1. Provide the highest level of client care in the management of client matters
2. Provide support to Fee Earners
3. Build relationships with internal and external parties
4. Ensure that files are managed effectively, creating letters or documents on the case management system
5. Attending clients and taking notes
6. Completing public funding applications
7. Collating and redacting large documents for Court bundles where necessary
8. Liaising with the local authorities, Police and medical professionals to request/receive documents. Liaising with Courts and experts

Working with us

The salary for this position is dependent on experience.

We will offer ongoing training and support to develop your career as part of a strong and growing multi-office team.

Our offices are friendly, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment in modern IT to enable you to work proficiently.

We offer a great package of annual leave to ensure you get enough time away from work. Our annual leave for this role provides 23 days (plus bank holidays / Christmas and New Year). We review annual leave and increase with service.

Employee benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Pension Scheme with employer contribution.
• Benenden Health Care.
• Administrative support.
• Firm laptop
• Ongoing training and development.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Support from colleagues for case cover.
• Supportive supervision from mentors.
• Annual appraisals and salary reviews.
• Bi-annual parties for Summer and Christmas.
• Additional perks and benefits.
• Competitive training packages.

We have a dedicated in-bound telephony team to take calls and messages for our fee earners. Lawyers also have the benefit of dictation and support staff to assist in easing the pressure and enabling efficient working.

We are a multi-office, multi-service Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners firm recognised for excellence in a variety of legal fields.

Please send your CV and a cover letter to our dedicated HR team via email on: humanresources@gtstewart.co.uk.