Paralegal - Debt Recovery

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The Opportunity

As a Paralegal you’ll be specialising in debt recovery and enforcement and work closely with the Managing Legal Counsel and a team of Paralegals within the Corporate & Customers Legal Team.

The role will involve providing proactive, preventative, and commercially focused debt recovery support to EDF Energy’s Customers business.

The successful candidate will also manage the full lifecycle of debt recovery litigation, including coordination of enforcement actions. In addition, the role will involve supporting litigation and preventative legal work for the Corporate & Steering Functions (CSF), which covers areas such as employment, supply chain, corporate finance, transactions, and board governance.

This is a 9-month fixed term contract and alongside a competitive salary and potential for additional bonuses, this is a hybrid role with flexible working options. We’re flexible on your location and there will be occasional travel to EDF sites and quarterly to London for team meetings.

Who You Are

We’re looking for a Paralegal – Debt Recovery who brings legal expertise, a proactive approach and confidence working with varied stakeholders. To be shortlisted, you need to offer:

• Strong experience in debt recovery, an interest in litigation, and dispute resolution.
• Background in regulated industries and customer-focused environments.
• Skilled in managing large caseloads; strong organisational and analytical abilities.
• Knowledge of county court enforcement methods (e.g. HCEO, charging orders).
• Experience with court advocacy and attending hearings (travel required).
• Commercially aware with broad legal knowledge.
• Effective communicator, able to advise stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Comfortable working under pressure and across multiple projects.
• Flexible, proactive, and willing to develop across legal areas.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

What You’ll Be Doing

Working closely with the Managing Legal Counsel in:

• Helping us with debt recovery and then advising on methods of enforcement of debts, not limited to instruction of High Court Enforcement, seeking Legal Charges, Attachment of Earnings and insolvency tools.
• Providing full support across all contentious debt recovery matters across EBS, Small Business and Retail. The role will be predominantly providing full end to end debt recovery action for non-payment of energy charges.
• Taking ownership and pro-actively managing a large caseload of debt recovery matters to maximise recoveries.
• The role will include drafting proceedings, considering any Defences, instruction of counsel, drafting witness evidence, preparing court bundles and preparing witnesses for trial.
• Drafting accurate and legally persuasive procedural documents to be used in court.
• Instructing barristers (where needed and approved), advising the business on prospects of success.
• Working closely on court cases with Managing Legal Counsel and highlighting any legal risks succinctly in a timely manner.
• Maintaining an accurate matrix of all debt recovery matters on which Legal are instructed.

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a competitive salary and potential for an annual bonus, and a market‑leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days and more.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us.

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

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Closing date for applications: 26th February 2026

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