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Lead Paralegal – Debt Recoveries Team

  • Location: Leeds
  • Salary: c£27,000 pa per year

Posted over 2 years ago

  • Sector: Legal
  • Contact: Peter Smith
  • Expiry Date: 17 September 2021
  • Job Ref: PSM/17869

​This role represents an outstanding opportunity for an experienced debt recoveries Paralegal to join the Recoveries Team who form part of the volume litigation area. The position offers a great variety of work and responsibility dealing with insurance enforcements, recoveries and work that is quite niche.

We are looking for someone with 5 years + debt recoveries experience of the whole process, ideally to include insolvency and orders for sale.

The Lead Paralegal will progress cases to an effective and satisfactory conclusion for clients whilst providing and maintaining management information under the terms of the client service level agreement.

We're offering you the opportunity to join a supportive and collegiate team and gain access to top level industry training.

We are keen to hear from ambitious and highly motivated candidates who are accustomed to managing their own cases and the whole process from start to finish (letter before action to enforcement), liaising with debtors, courts and clients. Insolvency and order-for-sale experience would be beneficial to your application. We are seeking a confident problem solver for this role.

Life is fast paced so you will be someone who has an innovative and flexible approach as well as strong organisational / time management skills. It is also important that you can identify with our values of teamwork and client focus.

If you are looking to develop and grow your professional expertise and enhance your career in a legal business that isn't afraid to challenge the norm and go beyond expectations … then we look forward to speaking with you.

Benefits package and flexible working:

We understand the importance of offering you a reward package that goes beyond simply salary. That’s why you’ll be given a choice to pick from a range of benefits, allowing you to build a package that suits your needs and lifestyle, as well as those of your family.

We welcome applications from people looking for a flexible or [partly] agile role. We are happy to explore your preferred working patterns as part of your application.