Legal officer Work, Jobs in Kettering, Nth (with Salaries)

Senior Client Funds Officer
North Northamptonshire Council —Kettering
- £34,434 a year
- Customer service
- Travel
- Employee assistance programme
Legal Officer (Property) - Commercial Team
North Northamptonshire Council —Corby
- £34,434 - £36,363 a year
- Call to connect
- No degree
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
University Access Officer
The Access Project —Corby
- £26,227.50 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Salesforce
- University
- Experience working with children
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
11d
Conversion and Compliance Officer
Gateway Education —Northampton
- £26,000 - £26,500 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- CRM software
- Spanish
- Sales
- Work from home
Quick apply
8d
Legal Officer (Housing Disrepair) - Regulatory Team
North Northamptonshire Council —Corby
- £34,434 - £36,363 a year
- Call to connect
- No degree
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
Children's Services Co-ordinator
Autism Bedfordshire —Bedford
- £27,716 - £31,629 a year
- Part-time
- Organisational skills
- In-person
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
9d
Litigation Assistant
Newlyn Plc —Northampton
- £26,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee discount
Quick apply
3d
Customer Services Officers x 2 (Permanent Role & 6 Month fixed term contract)
Greatwell Homes —Wellingborough
- £30,387 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Conflict management
- Financial services
EHCP Casework Officer
Cambridgeshire County Council —Huntingdon
- £41,958 - £44,822 a year
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Retail Area Support Officer
OCS Group —Kettering
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Travel
- Conflict management
Quick apply
2d
Resource Officer
Cambridgeshire Constabulary —Huntingdon
- £30,333 - £32,613 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Administrator & Deputy Evidence and Submissions Officer
CYFOR —Leicester
- £26,000 - £28,000 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Administrative experience
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
Quick apply
Safeguarding Officer
PA Housing —Leicester
- £36,943 - £38,514 a year
- Call to connect
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
11d
Pastoral Lead
Malcolm Arnold Academy —Northampton
- £29,542 a year
- Computer literacy
- Experience working with children
- Computer skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible schedule
1d
Senior Commissioner (Senior Commissioning Officer)
Northamptonshire Children's Trust —Northampton
- £41,435 - £45,775 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Experience working with children
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
5d
Team Leader
HM Courts and Tribunals Service —Northampton
- £29,303 - £31,061 a year
- Part-time
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
9d
Education/SEN Lawyer - People Team
North Northamptonshire Council —Corby
- £48,226 - £51,356 a year
- Full-time
- School
- Employee assistance programme
Senior Tribunal Officer
Milton-Keynes-Council —Milton Keynes
- £48,226 - £52,413 a year
- Conflict management
- In-person
- Negotiation
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Debt Recovery Officer
West Northamptonshire Council —Northampton
- £28,716 - £30,251 a year
- Continuous improvement
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
1d
Appropriate Adult
Nini Social Care —Northampton
- £14.57 an hour
- Experience working with children
- Mentoring
- Communication skills
Quick apply

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Senior Client Funds Officer

North Northamptonshire Council -
Kettering

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Job details

£34,434 a year

Benefits

Company pension
Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

Client engagement
Customer service
Stakeholder liaison
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Customer interaction
Financial management

Full job description

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

a competitive salary
a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

The purpose of the role is to provide a specialist financial management and safeguarding service for vulnerable adults who are subject to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appointeeship and/or Court of Protection deputyship arrangements, ensuring their financial affairs are administered effectively, lawfully, and in their best interests. The role is fundamental in protecting clients from financial abuse, exploitation, and financial hardship while promoting their welfare and financial security.

The postholder is responsible for managing complex financial, legal, family, and sensitive personal matters on behalf of individuals who have been assessed as lacking the mental capacity to manage their own finances. This requires professional judgement, empathy, and effective stakeholder engagement to ensure clients' funds are managed prudently and in accordance with individual needs and statutory responsibilities.

See Job Description document for further details about the role.

What will you be doing?

Day-to-day management of a caseload of appointeeship and deputyship clients in line with current legislation and the stated policies of the organisations involved. Ensuring correct benefit income is received, invoices and expenditure commitments are paid, and bank accounts and other investments are safeguarded.

Resolve complex financial, legal, family, and welfare-related issues on behalf of clients who lack the mental capacity to manage their own affairs. Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients, family, institutions and all involved stakeholders.

Ensure compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Court of Protection directions, Office of the Public Guardian standards, DWP and other legislation.

See Job Description document for main accountabilities of the role.

About you

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is willing to learn and display the following;

Ability to gather financial and non-financial information to support applications for benefits, tribunals and debt negotiation.
Ability to understand and interpret national legislation and guidance and adhere to local policies and procedures.
Proven customer service background with experience of conflict resolution, negotiation and diplomacy skills. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, able to influence and negotiate when advising and supporting clients.
Experience of working independently, scheduling and prioritising own work to meet service requirements.
Ability to travel throughout the county to meetings with clients /other council representatives and outside organisations is required.

See Job Description document for the full Person Specification for the role.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)

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Senior Client Funds Officer

Legal Officer (Property) - Commercial Team

University Access Officer

Conversion and Compliance Officer

Legal Officer (Housing Disrepair) - Regulatory Team

Children's Services Co-ordinator

Litigation Assistant

Customer Services Officers x 2 (Permanent Role & 6 Month fixed term contract)

EHCP Casework Officer

Retail Area Support Officer

Resource Officer

Administrator & Deputy Evidence and Submissions Officer

Safeguarding Officer

Pastoral Lead

Senior Commissioner (Senior Commissioning Officer)

Team Leader

Education/SEN Lawyer - People Team

Senior Tribunal Officer

Debt Recovery Officer

Appropriate Adult

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