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An exciting and rare opportunity to join a dynamic and quickly growing in-house legal team. Great role for someone who is adaptable, professional, detail-oriented, and eager to learn. Competitive total compensation package, including solid health benefits, generous paid time off, and robust pension plan. Primarily focused on litigation, with opportunity to gain exposure to other legal areas in future. Friendly team-based culture. Based in Surrey.

Who- the Organization:
Our client is a fast-growing organization headquartered in Surrey, BC. The organization is recognized across Canada as an employer of choice and has won many awards. This is a fantastic place to be employed if you are someone who wants to work with a purpose in a community-focused business. Plenty of opportunity to learn new things and take on new challenges, while also getting job stability.

What- the Role:
SWIM is recruiting for a new Paralegal for our client’s in-house litigation group. This is a newly created role due to ongoing growth of the organization. Working on a team Lawyers, Paralegals, and Legal Assistants. The new Paralegal will be primarily responsible for supporting litigation matters that are in front of the BC Supreme Court and prosecutions in the BC Provincial Court. 

SWIM will provide interested and qualified candidates with a detailed job description.

What- the Responsibilities:

• Drafting & Preparing Legal Documents: petitions, application materials, affidavits, pleadings, orders, bills of costs, discovery requests, responses, correspondence with both opposing parties, etc.

• Scheduling: meetings, trials, discoveries, hearings, interviews, etc.

• Researching & Analyzing: statutes, regulations, court decisions, legal documents, articles for use in preparing materials, etc.

• Ad hoc Assistance: interviews, investigations, subpoenas, bankruptcy proceedings, etc.

• Administrative: filing, photocopying, general office duties etc.  

Who- the Candidate:
Suitable candidates for this role will be detail-oriented, adaptable, professional, eager and willing to learn new skills, and able to exercise the utmost discretion and tact. The new Paralegal will be joining a tight-knit team with people who enjoy collaborating and learning from one another.

• Relevant Paralegal Education: Paralegal certificate or Paralegal diploma from a reputable educational institution. 

• Relevant Paralegal Work Experience: At least 3 years of work experience in litigation, including direct experience supporting both BC Supreme Court and BC Provincial Court proceedings. Experience can be gained in a variety of litigation areas including criminal, family law, personal injury, and bylaw enforcement.

How Much:
Our client offers a competitive compensation package, including exceptional health & dental benefits, a generous amount of paid time off, and a robust pension plan. Please discuss your total compensation expectations in further detail with SWIM.

Where:
Located in the heart of Surrey. We are ideally seeking candidates who live in or near Surrey and who therefore view the office location as a positive. After training & onboarding, the Paralegal can choose to work from home 1 day a week.

When & How to Apply:
This search is moving quickly, and SWIM will be presenting the profiles of qualified, shortlisted candidates directly to the hiring team for review. If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume (preferably in MS Word format as it works best with our internal systems).

If this is not the right role for you, but you know another Paralegal who may be keen, please feel free to share this job posting. We also have Paralegal and Legal Administrative Assistant roles for law firms with a focus on real estate and/or litigation. Thank you!