Job Description

Paralegal - Bedford Office

Anticipated Commencement Date - November/December 2025

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 Bedford Office. The role is to provide casework support on public law, private law and domestic abuse cases, which means that you will be actively involved at all stages of contentious litigation helping to represent parents and children who are involved in care proceedings, private law applications and family law act applications.

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.

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 your 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.

Salary

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.

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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

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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.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 22,500.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee mentoring programme Health & wellbeing programme
Location:

Bedford, MK40 3EU (required)
Work Location: In person