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 join a respected charity and help save lives every day.

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

• Salary - £30,000
• Flexible working
• 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Outstanding pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cash plan

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.

Our ideal candidate will have prior paralegal experience in private practice or with an in-house team or will have successfully completed a Legal Practice Course (or equivalent) and is seeking to gain practical work experience. You will have a strong work ethic and a good understanding of legal 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!