Paralegal (Debt)

Job title:

Paralegal (Debt)

Company:

Ward Hadaway

Job description

A brilliant opportunity has arisen for three Paralegals to join our busy Debt team, based in either our Newcastle or Leeds office. The role is to support the team with a growing debt recovery client base, experience of secured work is desirable.What will I be doing

• Recovering debts
• Negotiating payments and settlements
• Assisting in issuing court proceedings, enforcements, bankruptcy and winding up petitions
• Maintaining regular telephone contact with courts, solicitor firms and other externals is a fundamental part of the role
• Support the team with document management, filing client matter records and assisting fee earners with any other matters

You’ll have

• Previous experience of secured debt recovery work (desirable)
• A good level of IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office products and case management systems
• The ability to work on your own initiative and as a member of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent telephone and client service skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise workload and to meet deadlines

About usWe’re proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK we’re one of the UK’s Top 100 law firms. When you join us you’ll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive.We’re passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving Firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients and our communities.What we can offer youWe’re committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing and inclusion and we’re always striving to improve. Our commitment to this has been recognised by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification.We reward our people with a whole range of benefits, some core and some flexible, designed to shape a reward package that’s right for you – now and in the future. Our core benefits include:

• An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 2 days per week working from one of our office locations.
• We also have a flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.

If you would like to request further information or to discuss the role, please contact people@wardhadaway.com quoting vacacny reference DEBT.0825Should you require any adjustments to be made to our recruitment process, please request a call back via the above email address.Agencies: please note that we are not working with agencies for this role.

Expected salary

Location

Newcastle – Leeds

Job date

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:35:02 GMT

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