Paralegal (Personal Injury Claims)

You'll keep the attorneys at a corporate legal department in Somerset West organised, on time and ready for court. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Somerset West (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Collect documents for estates, such as death certificates and bank statements
• Capture payments and update debtor balances on collection matters
• Open new matters and do conflict checks on the practice system
• Manage the attorney's diary and book consultations
• Collate and index court bundles and discovery files
• Type and format letters, notices and affidavits from dictation or drafts

• Understanding of court rules and deadlines
• Experience on legal software such as LegalSuite, AJS or GhostPractice
• Organised under pressure from several attorneys
• Discreet with confidential client information

• NCR debt counsellor course
• Experience with the Master's Office for estates

• Year-end bonus at many firms
• Close-to-transport offices in city centres
• Office hours with no weekend work
• Study assistance for LLB or paralegal courses

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