Paralegal
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- Full time
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"We are looking for a talented, creative and confident Paralegal to work in our Group Legal & Company Secretary team. You must have a passion for law and a curiosity for learning.
Candidates who demonstrate exceptional performance in the role will have an opportunity to undertake a training contract / qualifying work experience (under the SQE) with us, alongside completing the pre-requisite, post-graduate qualifications (funded by Admiral).
Main Duties
- Working with business teams across the Group under the supervision of Group Legal to provide support on a variety of legal issues.
- Assisting with the review, drafting and execution of a wide range of commercial agreements and legal documents.
- Adopting a proactive approach to managing legal operations to help establish, evaluate and improve processes.
- Being a point of contact for ad-hoc legal queries and ensuring that requests are addressed in a timely manner.
- Organising and managing legal matters.
- Assisting with maintaining our company books and company secretarial duties.
- Helping to manage legal spend and working with external providers.
- Assisting with general administrative duties when required.
Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- A minimum of a 2.1 in an English law degree or a non-law degree (but having received at least a minimum of a Commendation in the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)).
- An appetite to qualify as a solicitor practising in England and Wales and commitment to the high standards and effort required to study and train.
- Previous experience of working in a law firm, in-house legal department or financial services firm is desirable.
- Passion for the law and learning – you must have a genuine interest in the law and a curiosity to learn and apply what you have learnt in what you do.
- Outstanding communication skills – you make the complex simple, concise and digestible.
- Meticulous attention to detail, but you have a bias to action and get stuff done.
- The ability to operate independently and effectively in a dynamic environment and to navigate amid uncertainty.
- A can-do, problem-solving attitude – solving the problem is just as important as identifying the risk.
- Friendly and approachable, with a desire to contribute to the Admiral culture.
Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.
Location
This is a hybrid working role that requires the successful candidate to attend our Cardiff office 2-3 times per week.
Our Commitment to You
At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.
Benefits, and Work-Life Balance
At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.
All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.
You can also view some of our other key benefits here.
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Talent Partner - Tech & Data
What areas do you look after?
I currently work within the Tech Recruitment Team as a Recruitment Officer, recruiting for various roles for our IT department, including but not exclusively Software Developers, Cloud Engineers/DevOps Engineers, Architects.
Tell us about you and your Admiral story?
I joined Admiral in February 2021 as a Recruitment Officer after having worked several years in external recruitment working for Tech Recruitment agencies and for RPO companies. Since joining Admiral, I recruited for different areas including Admiral Money, Digital and Marketing and Admiral IT.
Why would you recommend Admiral?
Admiral is a great place to work. Admiral is known for having a great culture and I couldn’t agree more, it’s a fun place to work, whether that be working from home or when we work from the office together. I enjoy my role and the team I work with are amazing, we are all really supportive of one another and we have lots of fun along the way.
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