Paralegal (Personal Injury Claims)

Files, diaries and documents all run through you at a debt collection practice in Centurion. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Centurion (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Prepare section 129 notices and default judgment applications
• Manage the attorney's diary and book consultations
• Collate and index court bundles and discovery files
• Capture payments and update debtor balances on collection matters
• Handle incoming calls and give clients straightforward progress updates
• Keep personal information in files secure under POPIA
• Diarise court dates, prescription dates and filing deadlines

• Discreet with confidential client information
• Fast, accurate typing and strong Word formatting
• Experience on legal software such as LegalSuite, AJS or GhostPractice
• Understanding of court rules and deadlines
• Matric plus a legal secretary or paralegal qualification

• Audio typing at 60+ words per minute
• NCR debt counsellor course

• Office hours with no weekend work
• Year-end bonus at many firms
• Close-to-transport offices in city centres

• Name the legal software and the type of matters you handled in the first lines of your CV.
• Include your typing speed; many firms test it on the day of the interview.