Paralegal

A fantastic opportunity has arisen at our Grimsby office for a Paralegal to join our busy Recoveries team.

Wilkin Chapman LLP is the largest law firm in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, providing a wide range of legal services to both businesses and individuals. The Firm regularly achieves department and individual recommendations in the UK's leading legal directories and is ranked 106 in the top 200 UK law firms by turnover.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen at our Grimsby office for a Paralegal.

The role will include setting up new matters on the debt recovery case management system, organising initial credit searches and land registry searches and preparing letters, filing initial documentation at Court.

The successful candidate will have excellent customer care skills as you will be liaising with clients and debtors over the telephone and in writing on a high volume caseload whilst maintaining files and ensuring deadlines are met.

We are interested to hear from candidates with excellent communication skills and basic IT skills are a requirement for this position and previous experience will be an advantage.  Applicants should have a minimum of 5  GCSE's (or equivalent) grade C or above to include Maths and English and ideally 3 A levels (or equivalent).

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven ability to be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Ability to show initiative and establish positive working relationships with colleagues
• Excellent communication and customer care skills
• Excellent organisation and administration skills
• Attention to detail
• IT literate
• Understand and adopt the Firm’s values and behaviours.

Wilkin Chapman is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious practice or any other perceived differences.  We are an armed forces friendly employer.

Our Values

All that we do is shaped by our five values: Service, Teamwork, Approachability, Innovation and Commitment to achieving results. These values are the bedrock of Wilkin Chapman, they define who and what we are - they underpin everything that we do. For more information on our values, please click here.

If you have any queries regarding this position, please contact recruitment@wilkinchapman.co.uk.