Paralegal - Litigation & Contentious Regulatory

Join our dynamic LCR team, led by General Counsel. We are a forward-looking and innovative legal team, which prioritises colleague development.

We provide expert advice and support to businesses and functions across the Group in relation to disputes and contentious regulatory matters.

Our overall purpose is to partner with empathy, courage and creativity to Help Britain Recover and Prosper.

We always looking for opportunities to deliver new ways of working across L&S to ensure that we are Future Ready. We are presently seeking to bring best practice in legal practice management to our in-house teams.

• This paralegal role primarily will support the newly-formed Legal Practice Management function, which will be responsible for : ideation and implementation of LCR & L&S strategic and transformation initiatives;


• ongoing review and streamlining of operational processes to enhance overall productivity and effectiveness; optimising data & management information / reporting;


implementing and managing an effective centralised resourcing system; relationship management across LCR, L&S and with our key stakeholders and external partners, and other tasks to support the general management of the function.

Where capacity allows, there will also be opportunities to support legal matters.

A typical day

Things move quickly in LCR but in any given day you may be called upon to :

• Provide support to develop and embed the Legal Practice Management function, responsible for all operational and financial aspects of legal practice management.


• Support centralised resourcing of the LCR legal practice, including demand planning and capacity management.


• Carry out different aspects of paralegal work including document preparation, research and case / matter management.


• Contribute to the delivery of ongoing transformation initiatives to streamline processes and systems for LCR and delivery of wider LCR and L&S strategic initiatives, in particular workflow allocation, reporting, automation and technology.


• Work collaboratively with the wider LCR team and business stakeholders.
  
  Good knowledge of the law or working in a legal environment (which could include paralegal experience, a law degree, or completion of a paralegal qualification or a qualification like the LPC or equivalent).


• An agile mindset, comfortable acting in a fast-paced environment and prioritising when faced with competing demands. Our days are varied and LCR moves at pace.


• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective links within and across teams and work collaboratively with colleagues.


• Proactive in ensuring that the Legal Practice Management team has the support that it needs and the practice runs efficiently, including suggesting how we can improve.


• Happy to use your own judgement and initiative to take actions and make decisions.


• Strong communication, planning and organisation skills and attention to detail.


• Expertise in relation to use of legal technology and automation would also be desirable.
  
  At Lloyds Banking Group, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe in creating an organization that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.


We want our employees to feel a sense of belonging and have equal opportunities for success, regardless of their background, identity, or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We encourage applications from under-represented groups and are disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

If you're excited by the thought of joining us, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities.

With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.

We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve.

Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

We'll also give you a broad remuneration package which includes :

• A generous pension contribution


• An annual performance-related bonus


• Share schemes including free shares


• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping


• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top


• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies