Paralegal

Join our team!

We have a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious paralegal to join Elior and support our in-house legal team.

Providing role requirements are met, for those that have passed the LPC, we may consider offering a training contract, or sponsorship of a CILEX process to the right candidate.

This is the perfect time for any aspiring lawyer eager to gain personal growth and development and maybe even qualify as a solicitor within Elior

What you’ll be doing…

This broad role will support the team in giving legal & compliance advice to a thriving and fast-moving business, operating in the highly competitive outsourced services market sector. While role-specific duties will include some well-established administrative, reporting, and risk analysis tasks, this is not an “admin” role.

There will be ample opportunity to improve and develop your legal analysis, drafting, and advisory skills. Legal tasks include the agreement and negotiation of new and renewed commercial contracts, both at tender and drafting stages, advising on legal risk as applied to commercial issues arising regarding the company’s large ever-changing commercial contract portfolio, and ownership and population of the legal contract summary database.

Responsibilities:

• Checking/summarising contracts – preparing, checking, and flagging key points and potential risks.
• Contract execution – processing contracts for sign-off, actioning completion steps, and updating clients, systems, and the wider business (and iManage records) when signed.
• Data/team management – ensuring that the legal team systems (Tegara, iManage, reports/live databases) are updated with relevant information.
• Reporting – preparing detailed monthly internal reports/dashboards to ensure that the CEO and legal team have a true picture of workloads and priorities.
• Support – Assisting the legal team with various tasks/requests such as research, legal queries, IT issues, meeting requests, and general ad-hoc requests/support.
• Audit – responsibility for managing Group audits, tracking, and managing company secretarial records, and tracking/updating the litigation log.

What can you bring?

In this role:

• Experience in legal systems, legal procedures and trained to perform legal tasks.
• A year or more of previous paralegal experience, preferably gained within a private practice or in-house commercial role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with good attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work well under pressure
• Legal research skills and reporting abilities with a desire to develop your understanding of the law

Training and qualifications beneficial, but not essential;

• LPC qualification
• Degree in Law (or other subject plus a GDL)
• NALP Paralegal practice award, certificate, diploma; and/or

Our way of saying thank you…

At Elior, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded, which is why we offer generous rewards & benefits in exchange for your dedicated efforts.

A salary of £23,000 to £27,000 depending on experience

FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.

Support Your Way of Life:

• Flexible Working: We offer full-time & part-time roles, with varying shift patterns across the business. Allowing colleagues the flexibility to balance their personal & professional commitments
• Hybrid Working Model: Collaborate & innovate in the office three days a week while enjoying focused work-from-home days
• Holiday Allowance: Relax & recharge with 31 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
• Additional Holiday Purchase Option: Customise your time off by purchasing extra holidays
• Family Leave: Prioritise family commitments with flexible leave options
• Paid Charity Leave: Make a positive impact with two additional paid days for charity work

Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect:

• Opportunities for career progression while developing a close-knit community

Supporting You Through Life’s Ups & Downs:

• Access mental health support & comprehensive wellbeing benefits

Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:

• Life assurance, workplace pension schemes, discounts, cashback, entertainment, leisure discounts, & a cycle to work scheme

Why it’s great to work for us…

Elior is a multi-award-winning people business and one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, with over 10,000 colleagues operating across a diverse range of sectors including:

• Workplaces & Office Space
• Sporting Venues & Stadiums
• Attraction & Heritage Sites
• Public Sector & Defence
• Health, Care & Hospitals
• Schools, Colleges & Universities

Along with our purpose of enriching lives everywhere, every day, we’re committed to an inclusive culture and want our people to feel appreciated, supported, and fulfilled.

That’s why 85% of colleagues tell us how proud they are to work for us!

Elior Celebrates Equality

Our aim is to celebrate a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, continuing to make Elior a great place to work!

Every colleague has a distinctive set of values, skills, and aspirations. To ensure that we attract, develop, and retain best people from the widest possible talent pool we’re committed to providing an inclusive environment where our colleagues fulfil their potential and have the opportunity to succeed.