Job ref: 181805
TPR grade: R&O Grade 10 - Associate
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.
Role
We are looking for a Paralegal to provide high level, focussed and efficient support to the Automatic Enrolment Legal team. As well as AE litigation before the First Tier Tribunal, criminal prosecutions, and debt cases, there is a broad range of advisory work. This includes opportunities in procurement, commercial, and information law.
Responsibilities
You will:
- manage your own litigation cases before the First Tier Tribunal, including preparing responses, providing advice, organising evidence and appearing at Tribunals as required
- liaise with legal counsel and other external parties as required
- provide support to TPR lawyers as requested
- conduct legal research, on request
- provide support to Know How groups, and Subject Experts, including collating and disseminating legal updates, as requested
- attend meetings / hearings to provide administrative support, as required
- provide support to case teams through the efficient management of documents (using TPR’s document management, or external, software) including indexing, document collation, document organisation and a limited amount of evidence analysis
- create and maintain an index of documents for disclosure and undertake disclosure exercises as required
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential
- Relevant legal qualification (for example, Law degree, CPE, LPC, ILEX or equivalent) and knowledge of Court / Regulatory procedures.
- Knowledge of public law general principles.
- Client-focussed approach.
- Previous paralegal experience ideally conducted within a civil litigation or regulation setting with a proven ability to coordinate numerous case files at one time.
- Experience in drafting and reviewing legal documents.
- Proven ability to effectively communicate (orally and in writing) to a variety of audiences including external parties, legal counsel and internal stakeholders up to Board level.
- Strong IT skills, including experience of standard IT software applications (for example, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and document management systems.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Data Protection and Information law general principles.
- Project management experience.
- Working knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules and Criminal Procedure Rules.
Person specification
- Proactive and flexible.
- 'Can do' approach.
- Team player.
- Ability to prioritise and use own initiative.
- Communication skills at all levels.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
Salary and benefits
As well as a starting salary from £31,684, we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 181805 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current TPR employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention and development of people with disabilities and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
The Pensions Regulator is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.