Paralegal

If you’re looking to start or grow a career in the legal sector and want a role where your work genuinely supports people, this opportunity could be ideal. You don’t need previous legal experience — just enthusiasm, empathy and a willingness to learn.

The Role

As a Paralegal in our Sheffield team, you’ll manage your own caseload with full training, supervision and ongoing coaching. You’ll work with clients involved in road traffic accidents, employer liability and public liability claims, guiding them through each stage of the process.

Your responsibilities will include gathering evidence, instructing medical experts and maintaining clear, confident communication by phone, email and in person. Throughout every case, you’ll help clients feel informed, supported and reassured.

What we're looking for

We’re keen to hear from individuals who are organised, detail‑focused and able to balance multiple tasks without compromising on quality. Strong client care skills and a positive, proactive approach are essential. Once fully trained, you’ll also have the option to move into a hybrid working pattern.

Please use the personal summary section to tell us what you feel you can bring to Thompsons Solicitors — we welcome applications from all backgrounds and sectors.

What we offer you

Contributory pension scheme

Permanent health insurance

Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash)

Life assurance

23 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Additional 5 days leave over Christmas

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised sports and social club

Annual travel and parking loans

Financial support for professional development

Join us and build a rewarding career helping people when they need it most.

About Thompsons Solicitors

For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.

Thompsons ran:

• the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937
• the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972
• the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK (1988) and later in Europe (1993)
• the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016
• hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson (2017) and behalf of those injured by mesh (2019).

Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 18 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.

Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change.

We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won’t let up in its quest for fairness.

Visit www.thompsons.law or call 0800 0 224 224

Thompsons Solicitors is a trading name of Thompsons Solicitors LLP.