Job Vacancies

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Clinical Negligence Solicitor

We have a vacancy at our Bristol City Centre office in our Personal and Medical Injuries Department for an experienced Solicitor undertaking Claimant clinical negligence litigation.

This is a full time role working Monday to Friday 9am to 5.15 pm

This is a rare opportunity to join one of the strongest Claimant firms in the South West. We have been recognised for many years as being in the top tier for our clinical negligence work by both the Chambers Directory and Legal 500. We hold a Legal Aid Franchise in Clinical Negligence and are in the LSC's 'top performing' group of legal aid firms nationally.

The clinical negligence team currently consists of three Partners (2 Panel Members), with a fourth also handling high value personal injury claims, two assistant solicitor and a nurse/paralegal. We pride ourselves on the quality service we provide with a particular emphasis on client care and rehabilitation.

The ideal candidates will have had an excellent training in a firm specialising in clinical negligence and litigation experience.

If you would like to be considered for the post, please e-mail rxb@barcanwoodward.co.uk and ask for an application form.

The closing date for applications is 13th March 2010 and we will be interviewing during the weeks commencing 22nd and 29th March 2010.

Non contentious department PA/Para Legal

We have an exciting opportunity for a PA/Paralegal to work in our non contentious department doing a mixture of commercial and residential property work.  This position is based full time in our Gloucester Road office and will involve working for the head of the department plus a legal executive.  It will be expected that you have experience of property work, although it is not essential that you have experience in the commercial sector.  The position will be varied.  The PA side of the role is to provide full secretarial/pa cover to the head of the department and the legal executive in terms of typing support, plus additional essential support in respect of other matters such as completion of land registry forms and sdlt applications on line, organisation of completions, carrying out searches on line etc.  You will also be expected to be the main backup should either fee earner be out of the office; this will require an excellent telephone manner and the ability to take your own initiative in dealing with client matters.  It will also require a more of a PA type role for the marketing and management side of the department as both individuals are actively involved in this side of the business.  This will mean organisation of diaries and appointments, production of presentations etc.  Full IT skills will be required to facilitate this.  In addition the position also offers the opportunity to develop into a paralegal role.  Ideally, you would already have some experience of dealing with cases and involvement in fee earning work as it is anticipated that you would be required to assist both fee earners in this.

We think that this is a really good opportunity for someone looking to work in property and who thrives on a busy environment and works well as part of a team

If you would like to apply for the position, please contact Julie Scott on jhs@barcanwoodward.co.uk

Floating Secretary

Barcan Woodward has an exciting vacancy for an experienced secretary to work between all three of our offices based in King Street, Bedminster and Gloucester Road as a Floating Secretary.

This is a full time role working Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.15pm.

A full driving licence is essential.

The role will involve providing a full range of secretarial duties including the drafting of legal correspondence (including court proceedings), dealing with both internal and external client queries, taking messages, and diary management, filing duties and arranging meetings to all departments at all branch offices when required to cover areas such as maternity leave, sickness, holiday cover etc.

The successful applicant will have experience of working in a busy legal environment. Experience of working within a family law team and litigation experience in the areas of personal injury and medical negligence would be an advantage. You will be an experienced Secretary who has a proven ability of working for senior members of staff. You will also have both audio typing and matter management software experience.

You will have excellent organisational skills and will be able to work well under pressure, using your own initiative. In addition, you will have an excellent telephone manner and will be a good team player able to work well in a friendly team in a multi branch firm.

Candidates will possess a minimum of 5 GCSEs (grade C or above) which must include Maths and English. RSA Typing Stage 3 or NVQ Level 2 also an advantage.

If you would like to be considered for the post please contact us via jet@barcanwoodward.co.uk as soon as possible.