DACB's Health, Care and Public Law Team provides legal advice and training to a wide range of organisations operating in the health and social care sector, including NHS Trusts, independent sector providers, charities, commissioners and investors.
The team is highly rated in Legal 500 and Chambers and recognised as a “very broad range of specialists and all, without exception, first class experts and great to work with"
We currently have an opportunity for a paralegal to join our team, with particular focus on working with our regulatory lawyers in delivery of advice and training to clients.
The Team plays an important role in DACB's broader Health practice, which is widely recognised as the leading strategic, commercial and regulatory legal adviser to the health and social care sector in the UK.
Supporting the local team and the national Health, Care and Public Law Team, your day to day responsibilities will include:
- Administration and management of a comprehensive technical mental health law training programme delivered to clients from a range of health and social care providers;
- Assisting in the organisation of internal and external events, seminars, conferences and training sessions;
- Document collation and management, particularly in relation to complex regulatory investigation and enforcement proceedings and due diligence projects, including use of electronic document management systems to support with data sharing and data rooms, bundling, indexing and redaction;
- Attending meetings with team members to assist and take notes;
- Supporting administrative tasks (including financial administration and billing) as required
Knowledge, relevant experience or a keen interest in the Health sector is an advantage.
We also expect the successful applicant to have/be:
- Attention to detail and a concern for quality;
- An outgoing, confident communicator with good oral and written communication skills;
- An enthusiastic, flexible, self-motivated and committed team player, happy to work on larger matters as part of a team with shared responsibilities;
- Strong organisational skills, together with the ability to manage deadlines and work under pressure;
- Ability to concentrate on routine tasks;
- Reliable, responsible and capable of following instructions;
- Strong interpersonal skills essential;
- IT literate;
- Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact
[email protected] in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
