Belmont Recruitment are working with Swindon Council to recruit for a Legal Assistant. This is a 3 to 6 month contract, working 37 hours per week.
Overview:
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To provide a comprehensive legal support to a team within the legal department and the legal department as a whole. To assist the legal team to offer legal services to members and officers of the Council in terms of transactional work and advice, providing and preparing legal advice and legal documentation.
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To provide comprehensive legal service and advice to the council, with supervision and hold their own cases in relation to two or more areas.
Key Accountabilities
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To assist lawyers within the relevant team as required in the preparation and case management of cases held within the team.
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To assist and advise various Council departments and to handle routine legal matters and take responsibility in respect of the council’s legal functions, that are undertaken by the relevant team, as directed.
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To correspond and liaise with client departments, external solicitors, barristers, experts and other agencies.
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To undertake advocacy in non-complex/routine matters.
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To analytically consider documents and evidence provided by the client department and other parties and assist in the drafting and collation of evidence.
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To assist the team in the development and maintenance of templates for legal documentation, liaising with client departments and provide updates on legal and policy and internal process developments as required.
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To prepare and maintain reports and statistics including from the case management system as required by the relevant team.
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Assist in research on legal questions arising from the work of the Council or its components or associated public bodies.
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To work autonomously to prioritise their workload ensuring deadlines and agreed time frames are met to avoid unnecessary delays and increased Council costs.
Location: Wiltshire (hybrid working)
Hourly rate is fully negotiable depending on experience.
If this position is of interest, please get in touch with Jake Singh at Belmont Recruitment or apply now! If you are looking for a position in a different sector, do not hesitate to get in touch as we have many other opportunities available across England.
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