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Role title: Paralegal (Determinations Panel)
TPR grade & pay group: Grade 10 – Associate - CORE
Directorate: Enforcement & Legal Group (ELG)
Salary: £35,732 Per Annum
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Brighton/hybrid 6 days per month in the office
The role and responsibilities
This role offers the opportunity to support decisions that help protect pension savers and uphold confidence in the UK’s pensions system. As a Paralegal within the Determinations Panel team, you will play a key part in managing cases from start to finish, helping ensure they are handled efficiently, fairly and to a high standard. You will work closely with lawyers, panel members and colleagues across the organisation to prepare documents, organise evidence, and support hearings. Your work will contribute directly to the quality of decisions made and how clearly they are communicated to those affected.
The role combines legal support with strong organisation and collaboration, giving you exposure to a wide range of cases and stakeholders. You’ll have opportunities to develop your legal knowledge, build confidence in handling complex information, and strengthen your skills in communication, prioritisation and teamwork. By supporting the Determinations Panel, you’ll help deliver outcomes that make a real difference to savers, schemes and the wider pensions landscape.
This role is ideal for someone who:
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Enjoys working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve shared objectives
- Takes a structured and organised approach to managing tasks and information
- Is comfortable working with detailed information and maintaining accuracy
- Adapts to changing priorities and is open to taking on a variety of tasks
- Communicates clearly and values building positive working relationships
Essential criteria
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Relevant legal qualification (such as a law degree, CPE, LPC or ILEX)
- Knowledge of court or regulatory procedures
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including summarising complex information
- Knowledge of Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information principles
- Strong IT skills, including use of Microsoft Office, Adobe Professional and document management systems
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective prioritisation and time management skills
- High level of attention to detail and ability to assimilate information
The team
The Determinations Panel Support (DPS) team is a small, specialist team comprising a Lead Lawyer, two Lawyers, a Paralegal and a Lead Associate. DPS sits within the wider Enforcement and Legal Group (ELG), which includes approximately 45 lawyers.
TPR offers:
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Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
- A values-led, inclusive environment.
- Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
- A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Mental Health, Women’s).
Reward and benefits
We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.
Our culture
TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government’s workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section.
We're proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another.
About The Pensions Regulator
With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe.
Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We’re committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.
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Applications
To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.
Please note that TPR is unable to offer visa sponsorship. All applicants must already hold Right to Work in the UK for the duration of their employment. For more information on Right to Work, please visit Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK.
Selection and interview
If you are shortlisted for interview, we’ll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria will be an offered an interview. Please note that if we receive a high volume of Disability Confident applicants, we reserve the right to offer an interview to those who best meet the essential criteria.
Diversity and inclusion
TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work.
We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.
Further information
Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees.
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email [email protected].
