Paralegal

Essentials ​ Role: Paralegal ​ Platform: PPHA ​ Status: Full time, permanent ​ Base: London. We work 4 days in the office, 1 WFH. ​ Salary: £40,000-£45,000 ​​ Start: ASAP Benefits ​ • 25 holiday days per year ​ • 4 Me Days per year ​ • Team social events and trips ​ • Wellness allowance of £70 per month ​ • Private healthcare ​ • Mintago financial platform ​ • Drive Electric salary sacrifice ​ • Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave ​ • Employee referral scheme, £2,000 towards a getaway of your choice HSPG’s mission is to put a roof over the heads of the people who need it most. Having somewhere to call home is one of our most important basic human needs. The housing shortage presents one of the biggest social crises in the UK. We’re here to create thousands of homes to alleviate that. HSPG is a social impact real estate company: building partnerships, creating homes, developing communities. At the heart of our Living Sector platform is PPHA , the Group’s For Profit Registered Provider: co-owned in a Joint Venture by HSPG and global investment firm Sixth Street. We are backed by over £1bn, made up of equity and debt. As one of Homes England’s Strategic Partners, we have an additional £150m to deploy. We deliver Section 106 and grant-funded Affordable Rent and Shared Ownership homes at scale. We can only scale at our desired pace through innovation. We are living through one of the most significant technology shifts in history, and we plan to drive our growth through tech-first, AI-enabled solutions. We expect everyone on the team to look for the tech solution first. PPHA ’s north star is to create homes for more than 8,000 families and individuals by 2030. Core Behaviours: Core mission ​ As Paralegal, your core mission is to support the successful execution of HSPG’s real estate transactions, ensuring legal processes progress efficiently and accurately at every stage. You will be an integral member of the legal team, supporting the General Counsel and Legal Counsel to progress a wide range of transactional and operational legal matters across the business, including loan drawdowns, acquisitions, disposals, leasing and legal administration. You will enable commercial decision-making by keeping documentation, searches and process on track. This is a hands-on and execution-focused role. You will take ownership of the detail and coordination required to keep matters moving – ensuring nothing is dropped or left unresolved. You will work closely with internal teams, external lawyers and stakeholders and will proactively manage relationships and hold all parties to account to achieve seamless transaction execution aligned with HSPG’s strategic objectives. You will support with legal research, drafting and process improvement across the legal function, helping the business scale efficiently with the implementation of innovative and tech-enabled processes and strategies.​ Accountability ​ You are accountable for: • Preparing and progressing legal documentation and supporting due diligence across the group’s acquisitions, disposals and financing arrangements • Proactively working with external advisers and pursuing outstanding deal items to ensure timely execution • Supporting the legal team in providing clear, structured guidance to stakeholder You are not accountable for: • Assessing the financial viability of transactions • Duplicating work undertaken by external lawyers • Providing formal legal advice or legal judgements Specific experience ​ • At least 2 years’ experience working as a paralegal doing transactional work, whether at a law firm or in-house. • Experience supporting residential and/or commercial real estate portfolio acquisitions, disposals, and financing is strongly prefer