Senior Legal Assistant - Legal Services
Location
Truro, Cornwall | United Kingdom
Job description
What's involved with this role:
Interim Senior Legal Assistant – Legal Services
Job Ref: Cornwall 5245120
Pay Rate: £33.00 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: Truro, Cornwall
Hybrid working
The purpose of the role is to be responsible and accountable for a personal caseload of high profile and/or complex legal matters within the specialist areas of the Team. The role holder will provide legal advice, which is politically sensitive and high risk.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide general and specialist legal advice to Client Officers (at all levels) of high quality on issues of varying complexity, within agreed timescales and to proactively support clients in all areas of their work which have a legal dimension. To assist the Council in meeting its overall objectives and to minimise financial, operational and reputational risks.
Manage and progress, a caseload of straightforward and complex and/or politically sensitive legal work for specified Directorates/Services and external clients. To assist the Council in meeting its overall objectives and to minimise financial, operational and reputational risks.
Keep relevant stakeholders informed of the progress of the case, taking due regard of Key dates, priorities, deadlines and Service Level Standards etc. This was ensure excellent client care and promote high levels of client satisfaction.
Undertake legal research, drafting of legal documentation, negotiations, training, presentations, attendance at case conferences and/or client and/or project meetings; and updating internal management at a senior level.
Advise the Council, the Cabinet, Committees and Sub-Committees, Members, Chief Officers and staff in the Council’s Directorates on legal and policy matters within the remit of the Team and generally affecting local government.
Contribute to the Service’s initial and continued achievement of quality standards including Investors in People and LEXCEL.
Ensure that output and quality of work is of the highest quality and accords where appropriate with current regulations / legislation and Court practice.
Update client Services on changes in the law relevant to their services.
Manage own time effectively, prioritising workload, delegating tasks and supervising the work of others on specific tasks, as appropriate.
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To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Degree level or equivalent qualification and relevant professional qualification and/or membership of a relevant professional body - Solicitor or Barrister or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives
Skills & Experience:
Five years relevant post qualification experience; or a person with significant proven practical and theoretical legal experience and expertise on the matters falling within the remit of the Team.
Experience of commercial law including subsidy control and procurement.
Up to date knowledge of local government legislative framework and administrative law.
High level negotiating, influencing and mediation skills.
Practical experience of democratic decision-making processes.
Ability to analyse and evaluate complex information and apply knowledge of the law to create solutions to complex and strategic problems.
Understanding of management of major projects and relationship between legal and financial considerations.
Successful experience of giving advice to and building relationships with elected Members and/or Senior Officers.
Ability to deal with complex legal work being an expert within one or more of the legal specialisms of the Team.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Job Ref: Cornwall 5245120
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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£33 per hour
