Paralegal - Family - #195443
Brabners
Date: 17 hours ago
City: Manchester
Contract type: Full time
THE ROLE & TEAM
We have an exciting opportunity for a Paralegal to join our Family team!
Our Family team is one of the largest and most highly regarded in the North West, recognised nationally for its expertise across a broad range of complex family law matters. The team advises on everything from divorce and financial settlements to private children matters, international cases, and modern family work such as fertility and surrogacy.
Known for acting on high-value and sensitive cases, the team supports a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, business owners and families with complex personal and financial arrangements.
Agencies: We are not accepting CVs for this role as we are aiming to fill it directly. We value your support and will reach out if required. Please do not send speculative CVs. Any unsolicited CVs sent to hiring managers or the business, without prior instruction from a member of the Talent Acquisition team, will be treated as a gift.
Key Responsibilities
Brabners is purpose-led independent law firm. A certified B Corp with award-winning environmental credentials, we seek to demonstrate that business can bring about positive change by being innovative, diverse and sustainable.
With over 200 years of history, we’re proudly anchored in the North but serve businesses and individuals across England and Wales.
We have won awards for being innovative at the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards and diverse as Manchester Law Society’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions. We are also recognised as one of the 25 best large companies to work for in the UK and have won The Legal 500 Future Lawyers awards for job satisfaction, quality of work, social life and work/life balance.
Brabners is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. We welcome requests for reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and will work with you to ensure you are fully supported.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Paralegal to join our Family team!
Our Family team is one of the largest and most highly regarded in the North West, recognised nationally for its expertise across a broad range of complex family law matters. The team advises on everything from divorce and financial settlements to private children matters, international cases, and modern family work such as fertility and surrogacy.
Known for acting on high-value and sensitive cases, the team supports a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, business owners and families with complex personal and financial arrangements.
Agencies: We are not accepting CVs for this role as we are aiming to fill it directly. We value your support and will reach out if required. Please do not send speculative CVs. Any unsolicited CVs sent to hiring managers or the business, without prior instruction from a member of the Talent Acquisition team, will be treated as a gift.
Key Responsibilities
- Handling caseloads, filing and document management.
- Drafting letters and correspondence, bundling and undertaking research.
- Managing a variety of tasks across a number of cases at any given time.
- System management and inputting of data.
- Prior experience working within a Family team.
- Advocacy skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team and be willing to work independently where required (but with appropriate level of supervision as needed).
- Strong organisational and communication skills, written and verbal.
- Competitive Salary
- Flexible approach to working hours
- Bupa/ Medicash
- We offer agile working at Brabners, recognising that the right balance between office-based and remote working will vary depending on the role, the team and individual circumstances. The working arrangements for this position will be discussed as part of the recruitment process
- Discretionary bonus opportunities
- Pension scheme
- Life Insurance & Income Protection Insurance
- 25 days Annual Leave plus flex bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Option to buy 10 additional days annual leave each year
- 2 My Days (in addition to your holiday entitlement)
- Additional discretionary annual leave days
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Leave
- Career Development Opportunities
- Wellbeing and Mental Health Benefit (24/7 Employment Assistance Program & Support)
Brabners is purpose-led independent law firm. A certified B Corp with award-winning environmental credentials, we seek to demonstrate that business can bring about positive change by being innovative, diverse and sustainable.
With over 200 years of history, we’re proudly anchored in the North but serve businesses and individuals across England and Wales.
We have won awards for being innovative at the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards and diverse as Manchester Law Society’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions. We are also recognised as one of the 25 best large companies to work for in the UK and have won The Legal 500 Future Lawyers awards for job satisfaction, quality of work, social life and work/life balance.
Brabners is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. We welcome requests for reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and will work with you to ensure you are fully supported.
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