Experience level:

Intermediate
Term:

Permanent
Working hours:

Full-time
Team:
Plot Sales
Location:

Manchester or Northampton
The role

The successful candidate will be assisting the national team with a variety of tasks including infrastructure managing their own caseload of infrastructure agreements as well as tasks including but are not limited to: -

• Communicating with clients and external solicitors (both in writing and telephone);
• Assisting with various planning queries including liaising with local planning authorities;
• Ad hoc research in relation to legal matters;
• Attending marketing and networking events with clients and intermediaries
• Providing regular updates to key client contacts by way of meeting or documentation (client driven)
• Reporting to clients highlight terms and changes to standard documentation
• Working as part of a team to develop processes and precedents to achieve and maintain excellence in client service

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree and ideally LPC or ILEX qualified
• Ideally 6 months’ previous paralegal experience within a similar role, or previous paralegal experience within a professional environment
• Excellent client care skills, with an ability to deliver a quality service to both internal and external clients
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment with short deadlines
• Enthusiastic with a positive, can do attitude
• Good working knowledge of various applications – word, excel, outlook
• Excellent presentation skills
• A methodical approach with keen attention paid to every detail
• Good organisational skills to ensure that the tasks are effectively scheduled within working time available, and that urgent work is completed and returned within the specified timescales
• Able to integrate within a team as well as working on one’s own initiative
• A willingness to take part in business development, including the attendance at networking and other marketing events
• Remaining calm under pressure
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to prioritise and complete work effectively to ensure all deadlines are met
• Ability to integrate and work within a team as well as taking responsibility for your own matters
  Equal opportunities
  Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.
  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.
  If you’d like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Nina Marshall at nina.marshall@shoosmiths.com.
  

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• Communicating with clients and external solicitors (both in writing and telephone);
• Assisting with various planning queries including liaising with local planning authorities;
• Ad hoc research in relation to legal matters;
• Attending marketing and networking events with clients and intermediaries
• Providing regular updates to key client contacts by way of meeting or documentation (client driven)
• Reporting to clients highlight terms and changes to standard documentation
• Working as part of a team to develop processes and precedents to achieve and maintain excellence in client servic