Paralegal Apprentice (Salary £16,000 to £17,000)
STEPHEN RIMMER LLP
EASTBOURNE, BN21 4PX
Closes in 19 days (Friday 25 October)
Posted on 24 September 2024
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Summary
This is a great opportunity to join the team as a Paralegal Apprentice at our, you will assist with legal research, drafting documents, and supporting a fee earner. This role provides a solid foundation in legal work and is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in law.
- Annual wage
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£16,000 a year
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Annual Salary - £16,000 to £17,000 per annum
- Training course
- Paralegal (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:30pm
36 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 4 November
- Duration
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1 Year 9 Months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Main duties:
- Fee Earner support
- Word processing and typing of letters and documentation
- Preparing letters/documents to include enclosures for Fee Earner and Third Parties
- File Opening and Management
- Managing Fee Earner Diary to include Keydates and Court Diary
- Taking telephone messages
- Filing and other general clerical tasks
- Dealing with standard client and other queries by telephone and personally (e.g. in reception)
Company Benefits:
- Work life balance
- Monthly firm-wide newsletter
- Monthly prizes for internal competitions
- Annual Staff Christmas Part
- Social events such as quizzes and bowling
Where you’ll work
28-30 HYDE GARDENS
EASTBOURNE
BN21 4PX
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
DAMAR LIMITED
Your training course
Paralegal (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
Paralegal Level 3 apprenticeship standard.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths and English (grade 9-4/A*-C or above)
- 3 x A Levels (grade A*-C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Damar is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our apprentices and expects our employer partners to share this commitment and to take appropriate steps to ensure that learning takes place in a safe, healthy and supportive environment.
About this company
Busy law firm with over 100 staff, Stephen Rimmer LLPare the largest law firm in Eastbourne but try really hard to keep the ‘family’ feel and not be too corporate. The organisation want to be a trusted provider of legal services for their clients.
After this apprenticeship
- Fee earning role
- Secure training contract
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DAMAR LIMITED
Sabina Adam
Sabina.Adam@damartraining.com
07566 289 979
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278609.
Apply now
Closes in 19 days (Friday 25 October)
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