Legal assistant Work, Jobs in Reading, Brk (with Salaries)

Paralegal
HCR —Reading
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Gym membership
Paralegal (Clinical Negligence - Reading)
Fletchers Solicitors —Reading
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Sick pay
Quick apply
8h
Paralegal
EMG Solicitors —Reading
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- Time management
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
6d
Paralegal - Family Law
Albin and Co Ltd —Reading
- Up to £24,420 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Bachelor's degree
Quick apply
Conveyancing Assistant
Gabbitas Robins Solicitors —Marlow
- £25,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Sick pay
Quick apply
Legal Support Administrator
Avantis Law —Wokingham
- £25,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
1d
Legal Secretary - Employment
Boyes Turner —Reading
- 8 hour shift
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
Conveyancing Paralegal – Training Contract Opportunity (Property Department)
Herschel Law —Slough
- £24,420 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Work from home
- Referral programme
Quick apply
14d
Paralegal - Personal Injury
Boyes Turner —Reading
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Office
- Communication skills
Paralegal
GT Stewart Limited —Fleet
- £27,007.49 - £27,007.50 a month
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Banking Paralegal
Herrington Carmichael LLP —Farnborough
- Full-time
- Free parking
- Employee discount
13d
Legal Secretary - Employment
Herrington Carmichael LLP —Farnborough
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Free parking
- Employee discount
11d
Conveyancing Assistant
Mallory Pryce —Maidenhead
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
Quick apply
Senior Paralegal - Special Educational Needs
Boyes Turner —Reading
- 8 hour shift
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Customer service
- Microsoft Office
- Work from home
Conveyancing Paralegal
Mallory Pryce —Reading
- Hybrid work
- Administrative experience
- Organisational skills
Quick apply
Paralegal - Litigation
Lightfoots LLP —Thame
- From £26,228 a year
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Legal Assistant - Property
Mallory Pryce —Beaconsfield
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
Quick apply
11d
Paralegal – Commercial Property
Meadows & Co —Weybridge
- £28,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Bachelor's degree
Quick apply
Legal Assistant - Private Client
Mallory Pryce —Beaconsfield
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
Quick apply
11d
Legal Secretary
Eventus Recruitment Group —Marlow
- From £0.01 a year
- Call to connect
- Financial services
- Typing
- Communication skills

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Paralegal

HCR -
Reading

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Job details

Permanent

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Free flu jabs
Annual leave
Company pension
Gym membership
Car scheme

Qualifications

Law
Legal drafting
Communication skills

Full job description

About The Role

With continued firm growth, we are recruiting a Paralegal to join our Restructuring & Insolvency team based in Thames Valley (Reading). This role offers hands-on experience within a busy full-service firm, where you will make a real contribution to live matters and work in close collaboration with experienced solicitors.

As a Paralegal, you will play a key part in supporting the team's work by:

Drafting legal documents using appropriate precedents and templates.
Undertaking legal research using appropriate sources, and presenting findings clearly and accurately.
Supporting fee earners with day-to-day file management (including file opening and closing).
Assisting with diary management and ensuring key deadlines are met.
Ensuring all work complies with risk management policies and procedures, in line with GDPR requirements.
Take an active role with the Paralegal and Trainee (PT) group, supporting the firm with internal initiatives, charitable work and careers fairs.
Take an active part in promoting the firm and department through social media channels such as LinkedIn, attending industry events and networking.

About You

As a Paralegal you will need to have:

Legal qualification (such as LLB or CILEX), or working towards one.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Attention to detail, reliability and ability to manage competing priorities.
A professional, client-focused approach.
IT literacy, and ability to adapt to new systems.

At HCR we value candidates with a proactive and curious approach to learning, and candidates that willingly support the team around them.

We are committed to supporting your development, and many of our Paralegals utilise their role to develop the skills and confidence needed for their future career progression. To learn more about our supported routes to qualification, please review our careers website.

The ideal start window for this role would be between June and July 2026, however the team does remain flexible.

About Us

Our Paralegal benefits include:

28 days' annual leave (plus public holidays)
Annual bonus scheme up to 10%
Pension scheme (4% employer contributions)
Life assurance
Healthcare cash-plan (providing you with financial support for private medical, dental and wellbeing), as well as 1/3 gym membership contributions, eye care and flu vaccination clinics.
Season ticket loans
Electric vehicle scheme
Cycle to work scheme

Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs?
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our "Passion for People" lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 50, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service, we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 1000 lawyers and support staff, including more than 180 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With 13 offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly across all our regions, and are well-respected as a regional firm with a strong London and international presence.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.

We want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments we can make at any stage of the recruitment process to support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV through our careers website.

A note for recruitment agencies – The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership.

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