Paralegal - Cambridge office (possible commencement date - October/November 2025)
The role
Family Law Group is a leading firm of family law Solicitors with a diverse workforce spread over 13 offices, specialising in all areas of family law. If you have a passion for family law and social justice, with a strong desire to make a positive difference then, we are the firm for you.
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and driven Paralegal with a passion for family law to join our Cambridge office helping to represent parents and children who are involved in care proceedings with Cambridgeshire, Suffolk or Norfolk local authorities. The successful candidate will have family law experience and the drive to help our team grow even further, alongside a genuine commitment to access to justice.
In return you will be joining an exceptional team and a firm that has clear values and principles in place to enable its lawyers to achieve the best possible outcomes for their clients. As well as gaining invaluable experience within a professional legal firm, you will benefit from the opportunities provided within a busy team working on a varied caseload.
We offer all our employees the opportunity to develop and progress within the firm and provide these opportunities through training, support, and bespoke legal events. You will be joining a team that is headed up by some of the leading lawyers in this specialist area of law.
About Family Law Group
We are a dynamic national law firm who specialise in all areas of family law and provide the very best advice to both private and legally aided clients. We believe that every client should be treated as if they are our only client, by listening to their concerns, understanding their needs, always being approachable and supporting them through difficult times.
We are an established legal practice with a diverse workforce spread out over 10 offices, specialising in all areas of family law including divorce & separation, child arrangements & social services, care proceedings, matrimonial finance & property, mediation, collaborative law, forced marriage and domestic abuse injunctions.
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, ambitious, able to learn quickly and work diligently and professionally in pursuit of our clients’ instructions. You should be capable of prioritising work in such a way as to ensure that the firm’s caseload is progressed efficiently and so, excellent clerical, communication and administration skills will be required. The role involves other necessary tasks to aid in the progression and management of client cases.
In return you will be joining an exceptional team and a firm that has clear values and principles in place to enable its lawyers to achieve the best possible outcomes for their clients.
We offer all our employees the opportunity to develop and progress within the firm and provide these opportunities through training, support, and bespoke legal events. You will be joining a team that is headed up by some of the leading lawyers in this specialist area of law.
Key requirements
- Family law experience is preferred
- Excellent and evidenced client care skills
- Self-sufficient and able to build own caseload
- Creative thinker and not afraid of a challenge
-The desire to help the team to grow and develop
-To build strong relationships with clients and colleagues
What we offer
- The chance to work at an Investors in People Gold Standard Accredited Law Firm
- Ongoing training and professional development, with access to extensive family law training material via MBL, Lexis Nexis and our in-house training site
- One to one mentoring to empower all of our staff to achieve their full potential
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays plus the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days holiday at the start of each year
- Contributory pension scheme
- Membership of Employee Ownership Trust and bonus scheme after qualifying period
- Cycle2Work Scheme
- Great company events, including an annual weekend conference where all offices get together and firmwide Charity Fundraising Events
- Paid Study Leave when progressing through the SQE route or gaining a Training Contract through the firm
- Advanced Employee Assistance Programme with legal, financial and wellbeing advice and counselling available 24/7/365 via the telephone or via the My Healthy Advantage App
- Medicash Healthcare Cover after completion of probation
- Fully paid legal memberships and subscriptions
- The opportunity to join an ever-growing Diverse and Inclusive Team with an excellent company culture
- Remote working available 2 days per week after probation and training has been completed.
How to apply
This is a full-time permanent position to work Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
The starting salary for this position is £22,500.
To apply please submit your CV and covering letter via email to Katy Quinn, HR Manager: katy.quinn@familylawgroup.co.uk or via the link on Indeed.
At Family Law Group we pride ourselves in finding the best available talent and encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. For some of our vacancies we receive a high volume of applications and therefore may need to close this advert early. Your current employer will not be contacted for references until you have accepted any job offer. All job offers are subject to the receipt of satisfactory references.
Note to recruitment agencies:
We hire the majority of our talent directly, by word of mouth or via referrals. On occasions, we will look for external support and will release vacancies to our recently reviewed Preferred Suppliers List.