- GMFJ Reference
258018
- Wages
£23,000 p/a
- Hours
35.00 per week
- Date Posted
26/02/2025
- Start Date
01/09/2025
- Approx. Duration
21
- Location
Stratford
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Law
- Opportunity Type
Advanced Level 3
- Apprenticeship Standard
Paralegal (ST0245)
- Employer
Financial Conduct Authority
Description
Key
Responsibilities:
- Reviewing and assessing material gathered during
investigations using a digital evidence management system and applying document
descriptions in accordance with the requirements of the relevant criminal
legislation and FCA policy.
- Assisting in the creation of disclosure
schedules of unused material in preparation for trial.
- Assisting the disclosure team in ensuring that
case files and records are accurately and efficiently maintained, including
document scheduling, archiving and retrieval in line with FCA policy and
procedures.
- Drafting documents, including correspondence,
memos and minutes.
- Preparation of disclosure bundles involving
timely and accurate complex document preparation including photocopying,
collation, pagination, labelling and listing.
- Maintaining and promoting effective working
relationships with colleagues in other business areas and with external bodies.
As part of the apprentice programme you will benefit from:
- Having a varied and interesting workload,
dealing with a wide range of people across Enforcement and Market Oversight and
the FCA.
- Building knowledge around disclosure
requirements and practices.
- Gaining an understanding of Enforcement and
Market Oversight work and its important role in achieving the FCA's goals.
- Being part of a committed team utilising their
legal and/or administrative skills in the context of interesting and
high-profile criminal and dual track cases.
- Participating in investigative and legal
training.
- Developing paralegal skills to a high standard,
to enhance and develop your legal analysis and judgement skills.
Company Benefits:
- A minimum of 25 days’ holiday
- Flexible working
options
- A non-contributory pension
- Private healthcare
- Interest-free season
ticket loans
- A subsidised on-site fitness centre (London only)
- A subsidised
restaurant
- Charity and volunteering initiatives
- Sports and social clubs
- A reflection and multi-faith room free eye tests and career and family leave.
For more information about this vacancy please contact Damar Training on 0161 480 8171 (Ref ID: 258018)
Company website : https://www.fca.org.uk/
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages - particularly Word, Outlook, Access, Excel and PowerPoint
- Minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent grade C or above.
- In addition to 5 GCSEs or equivalent at grade 4 (C) - 9 (A*) including Maths and English.
Paralegal Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Ability to analyse complex information and apply
a description accurately reflecting the contents in a comprehensive and concise
manner.
- Ability to work confidently with Microsoft Excel
and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to take timely decisions based on
relevant analysis of information.
- Ability to work well under pressure and to
deadlines, whilst maintaining accuracy.
- Good interpersonal skills to build and maintain
effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Good oral and written communications skills.
- Continuously seeks out new and effective ways to
work, and shares this with the organisation.
- Self-motivated and able to work collaboratively
as part of a team, valuing different perspectives and backgrounds, and working
with other departments, divisions and teams.
- Open to learning, challenge and change, and be
flexible to undertake new tasks and responsibilities.
- Ability to exercise own judgement where
necessary and appropriate.
The FCA encourage and support those apprentices who successfully complete their professional qualification and apprenticeship programme to secure a permanent role at the FCA.
- We only accept ONE application per person for
our 2025 programmes, therefore, please apply to your first-choice
programme. Any additional applications will not be progressed.
- Your application and any work you submit
throughout the recruitment process must be all your own. You will not allow
another person to complete any parts of the assessment nor submit responses
provided or generated by an AI assistant or other similar software.
- For
the 2025 Paralegal Apprenticeship submit your online application by Sunday 20th
April 2025. However, we recruit on a rolling basis and therefore encourage
early applications.
- Please
note that this role does not meet the government eligibility criteria detailed
on gov.uk
for visa sponsorship. We’re therefore unable to sponsor visas for this
programme.
- Damar is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our apprentices and expects our employer partners to share this commitment and to take appropriate steps to ensure that learning takes place in a safe, healthy and supportive environment.