Legal PA

From the commitment we pour into our homes, to the belief we bring to supporting amazing careers, a role at Persimmon is a springboard for Building Your New Possible. Discover new opportunities to grow, learn new skills and release your potential.

We’re Persimmon Homes, a FTSE 100 listed company and a leading UK house builder serving local communities across the UK and delivering around 10,500 homes a year. We have 29 operating businesses in England, Wales and Scotland, three house-building brands and three off-site manufacturing facilities.

We’re looking for people like you, and this could be your opportunity to start Building Your New Possible.

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Legal PA to join the Legal Team. Reporting to the Litigation Solicitor, the position will involve assisting the litigation team with the management of claims involving Persimmon Plc and its group companies including those being dealt with by the insurance company and external solicitors and helping to track all claims.

The role will include:

• Providing support to the Litigation Solicitor and the litigation team
• Inputting and updating of cases and claims in database tracker of litigation
• Opening files on the document storage platform for the litigation team and the wider legal team
• Liaising with external solicitors about cases and claims that they are managing including dealing with their monthly updates, engagement letters and invoices
• Scanning and preparing documentation
• Liaising with the insurance company including providing documentation to assist in their management of claims
• General administration including filing and photocopying
• Binding legal documents and preparing Court Bundles as required
• E-filing correspondence and documents
• Locating and requesting of files that are already in storage
• Destruction of files
• Typing up emails and letters to be sent out on behalf of the litigation team and assisting with proof reading
• Liaising with the Court regarding ongoing claims
• Managing the litigation teams diaries, coordinating meetings and appointments and ensuring the relevant parties are notified of the meetings in a timely manner
• Assisting with travel arrangements for the litigation team and ensuring the traveller has the relevant information for their trip
• Handle telephone and email enquiries
• Preparing mail for posting and dealing with incoming post - scanning, saving to the file and circulating to the litigation team
• Uploading and downloading files to the document storage platform and sharing with external solicitors

What we need from you?

• Qualified to a minimum of 5 GCSEs (including a grade C in English and Maths) or equivalent
• A secretarial NVQ / Diploma or equivalent would be beneficial but is not essential
• Experience and competence in:
  • General administration – to include compliance tasks as required.
  • Producing documents efficiently and accurately under direction of the team.
  • Document management – to include proficiency in using Word, Power Point and Excel.
  • Diary management, ideally including travel and event booking.
• Confident communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Attention to detail.
• Capability to prioritise and multitask effectively, with good time management and organisational skills, and escalating when required.
• Willing to continually learn and adapt to new procedures.
• Ability to be proactive, take initiative and self-motivate.
• Experience of working under pressure to tight deadlines while remaining calm.
• Always demonstrate discretion and maintain absolute confidentiality.
• IT skills – Confident in getting trained and using new IT systems, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, typing, formatting and editing PDF documents.

What’s in it for you?

Salary and benefits package

• Competitive Salary (DOE)
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Bonus

Persimmon has a Hybrid Working Policy for core roles in the business allowing staff on completion of their 6 months probation to apply for home working up to 2/3 days per week.

When you join us, the future is yours to explore. You can realise your full potential through industry-leading training and clearly signposted career paths. Persimmon is where hard graft and team spirit means real variety, satisfaction and rewards. A place where you can be at your best, and even go beyond what you thought you were capable of. If this sounds like the place for you, apply today and start Building Your New Possible.

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No Agencies please – Persimmon will not accept speculative CVs as a means of introduction

Persimmon is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

If you have any questions about the job or application process please contact us at talentacquisition@persimmonhomes.com