Paralegal

  • Division
    Gladman Developments
  • Vacancy Type
    Fixed Term (Barratt Payroll)
  • Advertising Salary
    Competitive
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What you'll be doing?

Gladman Developments are the UK’s most active and successful land promoter based in Congleton, Cheshire. We believe in using our expertise to partner with landowners to help them to realise the true potential of their land through its development for residential or residential led mixed-use development.

You will work alongside the solicitors in Gladman Legal Department (currently 8 in number) and the paralegal/legal secretary to provide efficient and effective support to the business in respect of all property related activities arising in the course of the business.

 Your duties will include:

  • Management of a variety of day to day property related queries from any other team in the business and advising on those (including title requests, search queries, verifying plan accuracy via land registry searches, obtaining information from completed deeds)
  • Preparing initial draft documentation including inputting standard information from the title documents and heads of terms
  • Preparing aspects of internal reports on title including researching and reporting on searches and enquiries
  • Contributing to the support function for the solicitors including appropriate scanning and storing of completed legal documentation on a weekly basis; sending completed documentation to other parties.
  • Liaising with business support and accounts (including where required): the organisation of documents being signed by third parties and couriers, chasing and organising documents with other solicitors
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word particularly in relation to preparation of ongoing legal documents and correspondence, track changes, automatic numbering, cross referencing clauses and index population together with proof reading prior to preparing engrossing, proofreading, checking for formatting, automatic numbering etc, combining & comparing docs.

To be successful in the role, we are looking for:
  • A successfully completed Legal Practice Course qualification. (This position is intended to provide the applicant with additional legal experience and skills in property and property development which may be of benefit when looking for a future trainee solicitor position, but Gladman cannot offer a training contract)
  • The person will need to be willing and able to learn to skills to acquire a working knowledge of the land registry and understanding of land registry title information; an understanding of searches and their functions; ability to use excel spreadsheets; detailed and extensive knowledge of word and digital systems of the legal department including digital dictation.
  • Attention to detail, excellent organisational skills; the ability to work under pressure and multi-task as necessary and excellent communication skills to liaise with both internal departments and external organisations including local authorities and external legal firms are essential.
  • Self-motivated and able to work autonomously and as part of a team

Gladman Developments are part of Barratt Redrow PLC. With over 30 years’ experience in achieving planning permissions, our team have years of professional experience and a wide range of industry contacts, from central government, local councils, professional consultants to major housebuilders.

We operate on a hybrid working basis, with dedicated office days and flexible start and finish times.


We are building an organisation where anyone with drive and talent can pursue the career they want. We are building a culture where anyone, regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality, disability, background or any other characteristic, can progress and be proud to work for us.

 
As part of working for Gladman Developments and specifically for this role we offer:

  • Competitive Salary
  • Competitive Bonus Scheme
  • Private Medical Insurance - Single Cover
  • 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)
  • Choice of Flexible Benefits
  • Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
Division: Gladman Developments
Location: North West
Positions Available: 2
Closing Date: 10 December 2024
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Our benefits are fit to measure

Today’s housebuilding professional need tomorrow’s benefits, so they’re ready for whatever the future brings. When you join Barratt, you get the kind of support you would expect from a business built for a modern working world.

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Private medical cover

Private healthcare support is available for timely access to a virtual GP, for diagnosis, treatment and more — including physio and talking therapies. You can even add family members.

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Pension

First-class pension schemes with the option of up to 10% employer contributions.

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Annual Health Assessment

All colleagues are able to access a fully funded annual health assessment, helping you to proactively manage your health and wellbeing.

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Financial benefits

As well as a competitive salary, we offer many ways to make life more affordable – from access to employee loans and savings accounts, to house purchase discounts.

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Lifestyle benefits

Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers… These make a massive difference to the quality of your lifestyle.

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So much more…

From death in service, paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family friendly policies (including our Parents and Carers leave) to a share buying scheme, we have an incredible range of additional benefits.

About Gladman Developments

Gladman is all about innovation. We are passionate about winning and invest significant expenditure on robust evidence, research, specialist studies and investigations. With over 25 years’ experience in obtaining planning permissions, we are the UK’s most active and successful land promoter. We have enjoyed significant and prolific success in a range of property sectors, and we continue to go from strength to strength as we look to the future.

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Where you’ll be
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Putting diversity and inclusion front and centre

We know that a diverse team is better for our customers, makes us a more attractive employer and results in a stronger, more sustainable business. Which is why we're so committed to developing our inclusive culture.

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Thinking ahead to leave a better world behind

We’re building a sustainable tomorrow, one house and one community at a time. Our commitment to our customers is rooted in every decision and day-to-day action we take.

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Paralegal

  • Division
    Gladman Developments
  • Vacancy Type
    Fixed Term (Barratt Payroll)
  • Advertising Salary
    Competitive
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