Paralegal Apprenticeship (National Living Wage)
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Company: SIGNET TRADING LIMITED
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Location: Birmingham, B19 1DS
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £15,392.00 per year
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Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
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Ref: NAS-2000046181
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Application Deadline Date: 04/09/2026
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Start Date: 21/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Brief Description
A very exciting opportunity to join the Signet team as a Paralegal apprentice. You will have the ability to influence the further evolution of the position supporting the needs of the business. The role will provide broad-based administrative support to the Legal, Risk and compliance team and will may also include some project work at times.
Training to be Provided
Paralegal Level 3 apprenticeship standard.
Future Prospects
Potential progression on CLE L6 / Solicitor L7 (age depending) apprenticeships.
Vacancy Detail
- Day-to-day management of the Legal, Risk and Compliance inboxes.
- Providing project support (where needed).
- Monitoring legal developments, and communicating such developments to the wider business, and carrying out general research tasks.
- Drafting a range of documents and providing support to the wider business on how and where to use Signet contracts and template documentation, e.g. Blogger/Influencer Contracts, Photography, Consent Forms, Marketing Competition T&Cs, Risk Assessments.
- Manage and maintain a central contract database, flagging key information such as termination trigger dates, the department controller and costs.
- Advising the Customer Resolutions Team on complex disputes/customers complaints.
- Representing the Legal Team in the Supplier set up process to ensure correct contracts and documents are in place for every new relationship.
- Advising the Digital and Marketing Teams on marketing regulation; managing copy clearance for advertising and promotional work for Digital and Marketing Teams.
- Overseeing Signet Policy Reviews – ensuring policies are reviewed annually by relevant stakeholders and updating policies on the company intra-net.
- Supporting with the Signet UK Trademark Portfolio.
Company Benefits:
- Retirement Savings Plan: Auto-enrolment scheme or enhanced pension scheme (Your contribution 5%, Signet contribution 6%, these percentages increase to 7% and 9% respectively following 5 years’ service).
- Life Assurance.
- Staff Discount: Up to 30% off full price items and up to 10% off discounted items both online and instore.
- Seasonal Online Staff Discount Events: Up to 40% off full price items and 15% off discounted items during these events.
- Real Rewards: A site offering discounts and cash back across retail, financial services, travel, leisure and many other purchases.
- The Retail Trust: Access for yourself and relatives in your household to a 24/7. Support helpline and online wellbeing support for mental, physical and financial health, and access to their Virtual GP service.
- Annual leave: 23 days annual leave which increases with length of service (plus bank holidays).