The role

Our client is seeking an experienced, hands-on Paralegal to support their in-house legal team for the next 3 months, starting this August. As a key member of the day-to-day legal operation, you will be involved in triaging legal queries and managing a high volume of commercial contracts, helping to keep the business moving.

Core Responsibilities & Focus Areas

Legal inbox

All legal queries, contracts, and matters are driven through the shared legal inbox
Work is managed from the shared inbox rather than a personal email, ensuring visibility and continuity for the wider team
This allows the team to track progress and stay aligned on active matters

Contracting & commercial work

Support contracts and bids alongside the commercial team, covering:
Contractor/worker appointments
Client terms and conditions
General contracting queries, routed into the legal inbox

Litigation

Manage a small number of small-claims-type litigation matters
Monitor current status on each case
Keep internal stakeholders informed and proactively follow up for instructions where needed

Skills & experience required

Experience in an in-house legal environment ideally within recruitment or professional services
Track record of handling high-volume commercial contracts
Ability to prioritise a busy and varied workload independently
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and commercially aware

This is a 4 days a week role, spread across 5 days. You will also be required to attend the London office on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

We celebrate and encourage diversity and inclusion in our company - it’s a vital part of our #humanfirst approach to business. Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles and we set out to ensure that no-one receives less favourable treatment due to their age, belief, caring responsibilities or pregnancy, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.

We would like you to be able to perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. Please contact us if you require any adjustments to support you.

This is an advert for a job vacancy and may not include every detail of the duties of the role. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

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