Legal Assistant - Ref: RT00125

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Walsall; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job description

Legal Assistant - Ref: RT00125
G5: £26,409 - £30,060 per annum

Full time, permanent

The Legal Services section of Walsall Council provides a wide variety of advice as well as undertakes legal work for various council departments.

Due to an increase in work, the council are looking to appoint a Legal Assistant who is self-motivated to assist the solicitors and legal executives to deal with legal issues. You will be working with a highly motivated, close knit and well supported team.

The successful candidate will undertake a wide variety of work including:

1. Booking court appointments
2. Typing
3. Liaising with Barrister Chambers
4. Preparing court bundles
5. Preparing Excel spreadsheets
6. Updating files and records
7. Undertaking paralegal type work

There are excellent opportunities for the successful candidate to develop their legal career within Walsall Council.

Walsall is a great place to work, with much to offer and extensive regeneration, having recently delivered a newly rebuilt hospital and college, development of the Walsall Waterfront offering new residential accommodation, hotels and leisure facilities and is seeing ongoing investment in its town centre and retail provision. As an employer we provide an attractive employment package that includes:

• A generous annual leave entitlement offering a minimum 26 days leave per year (for this post) plus 9 concessionary days and in addition to a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days leave per year
• Access to an award winning pension scheme
• Recent development of the working environment which has created a modern professional space in which to work with improved technology that allows agile working
• Promotion of training and development opportunities to all our employees to help them progress and gain new skills
• A genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for our staff and customers - we aim to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities we serve

We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.

Should you have any queries or questions about this role, please contact:

Iqbal Javed - Head of Law (Contentious)
Tel: [phone]
or email [e-mail]

View Job Description and Employee Specification

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time.

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Closing date: 11 April 2025

Interview date: W/C 21 April 2025