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Paralegal
Temporary assignment for 10 months with a possible extension
Hybrid – Victoria location
£14.82 per hour
The Role:
Do you want to make a positive impact, play a meaningful role in the delivery of a high profile, fast paced statutory Inquiry Do you want to grow your legal skills and experience? These critical roles will drive forward the successful completion of our Inquiry, and support delivery of our work through 2023.
The Sponsoring Department:
Key Responsibilities
– Manage their own workload (including meeting tight deadlines) with appropriate supervision and risk management;
– Carry out extensive disclosure exercises including documentation review, using the Relativity IT Platform
– Build and maintain effective working relationship with stakeholders;
– Assist with the team's knowledge management/sharing objectives
– Attend and contribute to team meetings;
– Assist with administrative tasks when required to do so;
– Display the Civil Service Values: honesty, integrity, impartiality and objectivity;
– Keep abreast of legal developments and current thinking on related issues and use training and other methods to refresh and improve their skills and knowledge.
Skills and Experience
Essential:
" Good organisational skills (including the ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise own work in order to manage a busy and/or complex workload, and the ability to master new areas of law quickly) are essential.
" Effective team working and the ability to build good working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
" An ability to work proactively and independently with appropriate supervision
" Demonstrate good oral and written communication skills
Experience required:
" Previous experience of public inquiries/reviews and/or litigation (ideally public law litigation)
" Experience of using document management software-e.g. Relativity, Egress
" High level of IT proficiency
" Legal qualifications/Degree
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