Paralegal - Employment

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Job Overview

If you are looking for a legal career that keeps you motivated, offers potential for personal development and puts you in a position to make a positive difference to the NHS in Wales, then Legal & Risk Services has a role for you.

We are seeking to recruit a lawyer in the field of employment law to join our growing team.

Skills

The ideal candidate must have good communication skills, a confident approach to work, the ability to prioritise and to be able to work well with the team and clients. Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate our core values:

• Listening and Learning
• Working Together
• Taking Responsibility
• Innovating

Main duties of the job

The Employment Team at Legal and Risk Services, the in house solicitors for NHS Wales based in Cardiff, require a full time paralegal. The post holder will undertake the case management of a range of employment law matters from the initial advice request, to the issue of the ET claim to settlement or trial under appropriate supervision and subject to experience. The successful candidate will work under the close supervision of a Lawyer and will undertake a variety of tasks such as reviewing documents including HR documents, medical records, identifying and instructing experts and counsel, drafting tribunal documents, undertaking legal research, attending courts or tribunals, entering relevant information on to the case management system and drafting advice to clients.

The ideal candidate for the above position must have good communication skills, a confident approach to work, and be able to demonstrate our core values: Listening and learning; Working together; Taking responsibility and Innovating."

Experience of Respondent litigation is preferred but candidates with good knowledge and experience of employment matters will be considered.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. For full details, please see attached job description and person specification

Working for our organisation

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Law Degree (or equivalent) or equivalent CILEX qualifications

Desirable criteria

• LPC (or equivalent) Degree/CPE & LPC (or equivalent) CILEX qualifications ( and or desire to obtain)
• NHS Background

Experience

Essential criteria

• Working to deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a team specialising in Employment Law

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• IT Skills/Computer literate to include the ability to learn new technologies and IT introduced
• Ability to communicate in all formats, in plain English.
• Ability to prioritise and organise own work
• Ability to recognise own capabilities
• Ability to liaise and communicate with both internal and external personnel at all levels confidently.

Desirable criteria

• Document drafting
• Knowledge of courts and litigation process.
• Structure of the NHS

Values : Demonstrate how your personal qualities match against our NWSSP core values:

Essential criteria

• Listening and learning
• Working together
• Taking responsibility
• Innovating

Desirable criteria

• Friendly and flexible approach to work
• Ability to build excellent working relationships with colleagues and with clients

Other

Essential criteria

• Willing to undertake further professional development

Desirable criteria

• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Welsh

We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.

If you are short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting

Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Applicant requirements

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

• JD & PS English (PDF, 800.3KB)
• Employment Paralegal- English JD.docx (PDF, 704.3KB)
• OH - Paralegal (PDF, 648.5KB)
• NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice (PDF, 696.3KB)
• NWSSP - About Us (PDF, 6.6MB)
• NWSSP - Our Benefits (PDF, 490.4KB)
• NWSSP - Buddion (PDF, 458.9KB)
• PCGC -Amdanom (PDF, 6.7MB)
• Guidance Notes for Applicants (PDF, 322.5KB)
• Integrated Medium Term Plan 2025-2028 (PDF, 15.1MB)
• Integrated Medium Term Plan 2025-2028 - Cymraeg (PDF, 18.0MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Heather Grimbaldeston Job title Head of General Medical Practice Indemnity (GMPI) Email address ***email_hidden*** Telephone number 029 21 500 395