Last updated: Tuesday 19 June, 2018
About the Job
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a unique, award winning legal charity and NGO based in Central London.
PLP is a national legal charity founded in 1990 with the mission to improve access to justice for those facing poverty, discrimination or other disadvantage, through legal aid casework, research, policy initiatives and training. The casework team conduct a range of public law litigation to advance PLP’s strategic objectives, as well as contributing to PLP’s research, conference and training programme and policy work.
The Paralegal will help the PLP achieve its mission by assisting the casework team with administrative and legal support, and supporting PLP’s Legal Director with the efficient running of the team. The right candidate will be able to handle a diverse range of duties including:
•Assisting caseworkers under supervision with discrete tasks on client files
•Providing basic administrative support to the team and to the Legal Director
•Assisting with legal aid administration and billing tasks
Your efforts will enable the rest of the PLP team be more efficient and effective in their work standing up for the poor and marginalised where government and public bodies have made unfair or illegal decisions that affect them.
The successful candidate will be a team player, highly organised with excellent research and communication skills. This is an entry level post with potential for development for the right candidate.
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job information pack, which includes a job description and person specification.