Employment Paralegal
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The vacancy
Job Title: Employment Paralegal
Location: Victoria, London
Salary: £36,120 per annum (plus £3,255 per annum London Weighting)
Job Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time (35 hours)
About Us: Prospect is the trade union of choice for over 159,000 professionals, specialists and managers from across the UK. Our members vary from nuclear physicists and engineers to film directors and cinematographers – with many more in between. For each of these members we provide advice, support, and representation. Join us and you can make a real difference to the lives of working people.
Job Description: We are looking for a Paralegal to join our legal team. In this role, you will support our in-house legal team on all stages of employment tribunal work.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support our in-house team on all stages of employment tribunal work, including:
- Drafting schedules of loss
- Preparing lists of documents
- Collating tribunal bundles
- Reviewing medical records and drafting disability impact statements
- Undertaking legal research on specific queries as directed by solicitors/barrister.
- Note taking at case meetings with members.
- Contributing to legal team communications by updating guides, website pages and providing information by way of briefings and updates.
Skills and Experience:
- Has worked within a legal environment, either providing support on case work or managing their own case load
- Working proactively, self-managing time and workload
- Attention to detail
- Handling confidential information and ensuring compliance with GDPR legislation
- Working within a Trade Union or membership organisation is desirable
Essential Knowledge & Skills
- Professional legal qualification
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent time-management skills
- Comprehensive administration skills with excellent attention to detail
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines
- Strong IT skills, including use of MS Office Applications, MS Teams with the ability to pick up new digital platforms quickly
- Strong team working and interpersonal skills.
- Understanding of GDPR and need to maintain confidentiality
To apply please select ‘Apply now’.
As part of the applications process you will need to complete an application form which will ask for details of your work, education and training history and to complete a supporting statement. Our panel will use the information shared in the application to shortlist so please use the space to demonstrate how your experience, knowledge, skills and personal qualities meet the outlined requirements.
We would recommend reviewing the Role Profile/Job Specification linked at the bottom of this advert.
If you have any questions please contact: peopleandops@prospect.org.uk.
Closing date: Tuesday 9th December 2025 – Noon (CV’s alone will not be accepted)
Interviews will be held on 17th December 2025 in our London Office
Prospect Union is committed to create a diverse environment and is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. All our applicants will be given careful consideration for employment regardless to race, colour, religion, sex, physical and mental disability, age, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, and any other protected status.
www.prospect.org.uk
About us
Prospect is a leading trade union that delivers advice, support, representation and a voice for our members. We are a not-for-profit organisation with over 250 staff helping to support more than 150,000 people in specialist, professional and technical roles across the private and public sectors. The Bectu Sector of Prospect represents both employees and freelancers working in Film, TV, Broadcasting and theatre and live events.
Our members want to get on at work. They work in a diverse range of professions, including energy, science, engineering, heritage, defence, entertainment and digital. As a union for modern working life we aim to get the best deal for our members by using evidence and building partnerships – while never being scared to call employers out when they get things wrong.
Our priorities are to grow our membership through attracting new members and to improve our impact, whether that is helping members win improvements at work or changing the policy environment which affects them.
Diversity is an important value for the trade union movement, and as an organisation we are passionate about promoting equality and equity at work and are committed to it for all our staff; we would be particularly interested in applications from groups that are underrepresented in the workplace.
Prospect is a great place to work - We offer a good work-life balance, flexible working options and offer support for learning and development.
Employee benefits
Data protection
Prospect is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and complying with our obligations under GDPR. Please see the Candidate Applicants’ Privacy Notice which explains how Prospect will process and hold your information when you apply for a vacancy and your rights as a data subject.
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