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About the Role
As a Graduate Paralegal – Will Drafter, you'll prepare precise, legally sound estate planning documents, ensuring clarity, compliance, and accuracy. You will learn will-writing while supporting clients through a complex process and contribute to innovation in estate planning within a dynamic, supportive environment. This role offers full training, mentorship, and growth opportunities for recent graduates.
Responsibilities
- Support the drafting of wills, LPAs, and estate planning documents based on client instructions and legal best practices
- Assist with reviewing and revising will drafts to ensure accuracy, clarity, and compliance with relevant laws
- Work closely with legal teams to learn how complex estate planning needs are managed
- Build your knowledge of will-writing regulations, inheritance laws, and industry best practices
- Maintain strict confidentiality and data security when handling client information
- Provide administrative support across will drafting and estate planning services
Requirements
- A recent graduate, ideally with a degree in Law or a related discipline (essential)
- A genuine interest in estate planning, private client work, or building a career in legal services
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, with a commitment to producing high-quality, legally sound work
- A collaborative approach and willingness to learn from legal and estate planning professionals to deliver a great client experience
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain information clearly and empathetically
Location
- London Bridge
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- Work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks per year
Experience Level
- Graduate
Education Level
- Degree in Law or a related discipline
Benefits
- Octopus share incentive scheme
- Hybrid working (London Bridge)
- Flexible holiday + extra day off for your Birthday
- Work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks per year
- Vitality Health & Life Insurance
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced parental leave
- Free Will & LPAs + discounts on other Octopus services
- Cycle to Work Scheme and access to the Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Octopus Giving: we match any charitable fundraising that you do up to £500
- Octopus Springboard: where we help our employees become fully-fledged entrepreneurs
- Dog friendly office
- Breakfast every day, snacks and wellness activities
About the Company
- Octopus Legacy is one of the fastest growing tech companies in the country, part of the UK’s most exciting and best-trusted group.
- We are on a path to scale, aiming to become a household name while transforming a long-established industry and helping our customers prepare for, and find support after, death.
- Octopus Legacy is the place to plan for death and find support after loss.
- We take cold processes like wills, life insurance and funerals and turn them into something more human.
- Founded by Sam after his mum died suddenly, we’re a group of people who work in death because we’ve been affected by it.
- We know the difference a good plan makes, and what it’s like when there isn’t one.
- We see a world where people talk openly about death, and work out the real meaning of legacy, one that connects to them. We’re here to make that world happen.
Equal Opportunity
- Octopus Legacy is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.