paralegal

Anthony Collins are seeking a motivated paralegal to join our Local Government/Planning team. The team carries out a wide variety of work focussed on projects for local government, charities, social business clients, faith communities and registered providers of social housing.

The following are examples of the types of work areas successful candidates could become involved in:

• Providing advice and support on a range of matters covered by the team including:


• complex procurement projects;


• in planning and highways terms to local authorities, faith communities and registered providers.


• governance matters for Local Government



• Providing support at planning committee and also working closely with litigation colleagues in relation to judicial review challenges.


• Providing high level highway/planning advice to clients dealing with major regeneration projects including application of CPOs and cross working with property colleagues.


Key Duties:

• Maintaining the highest standards of honesty and integrity in all dealings with clients, colleagues and all people with whom you come into contact.


• Assisting in, and undertaking, legal research into often complex legal issues that have a meaningful impact for our clients.


• Dealing with routine correspondence and telephone calls and attending more complex calls and negotiations under supervision to assist more senior fee earners.


• Maintaining and collating relevant resources and publications to assist with the wider team's learning and development.


• Where requested, to be involved in the production of newsletters, marketing materials and other documents for the benefit of clients generally.


• Developing knowledge and understanding by attendance at relevant in-house training sessions to support personal and career development.


• Accurately and comprehensively recording all time spent in accordance with the firm's time recording system.


• Carrying out such administrative duties as may be required on files maintained and supervised by fee earners.


• To carry out all other reasonable duties, as required.
  
  You will need to be organised, have attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines whilst working under pressure. Some previous experience of working with clients in Local Government, housing or regeneration would be desirable although this is not essential. The successful candidate will be committed to providing high quality service to our clients, as well as being a strong team player. You will be dedicated to a career in the legal sector having a positive social impact and have an interest in commercial and construction law.
  
  Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose - to "improve lives, communities and society". For over 50 years we've been successfully combining market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships underpinned by a strong set of values.

What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We're extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.
Anthony Collins Solicitors is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.