Legal Assistant (Paralegal)

About us

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity that provides a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service, seasonal lifeguards, and water safety education and initiatives. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them, and that is where you come in. This is your chance to help save lives every day.

We are looking for a Legal Assistant (Paralegal) to support the RNLI’s legal team in providing general legal advice and services across the organisation.

Some of the benefits

• £29,951 to £35,236 (Dependent on experience)
• Flexible working
• 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Competitive pension scheme 
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cash plan

Your Role

This is an exciting and varied role, helping the RNLI Legal Team to support our frontline lifeboat and lifeguard services.  Whether we’re negotiating contracts, conducting property transactions, supporting lifeboat crew, assisting investigations, or keeping our staff and volunteers advised of legal developments, you will be providing para-legal support across a wide range of areas which contribute to the RNLI’s purpose of saving lives at sea.

About you

Our ideal candidate will either have prior paralegal experience or experience in compliance, policy and ideally, though not essentially, property related work. Ideally they will have successfully completed a Legal Practice Course (or equivalent) and are seeking to gain more legal work experience. They will have a strong work ethic and a good understanding of legal/ compliance concepts, as well as being well organised with great attention to detail.

If this sounds like you, and you are someone who is an effective team player, with the ability to manage a busy and varied workload, a learning mindset, and wants to work in an organisation driven by the desire to ensure that no-one should lose their life to drowning, apply today!

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.