Assistant Lawyer (Education/SEND Legal Team)
Cheshire East Legal Services has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Lawyer/Paralegal within our Education/SEND legal team.
We are a close-knit supportive team, working hard towards positive outcomes for our client departments. The role is diverse with no one day the same, and you will be encouraged to build on your career goals, in a forward thinking, inclusive Authority.
About the role
- Working alongside our Education/SEND Legal Team, you will support the service to deliver on a range of legal matters in order to protect and advance the interests of the Council and to meet the required standards and deadlines.
- You will deliver high quality legal advice and services to internal and external services and departments and support senior legal colleagues in the provision of advice, including where appropriate drafting standard proceedings, and routine legal agreements, to ensure operational decisions are taken on a sound legal basis.
- You will support Managers and Lawyers within your team to run an efficient and high-quality legal service. Your responsibilities will include supporting other legal staff by undertaking specific tasks, as well as assisting in the provision of effective administration & paralegal support across legal services.
- You will undertake contentious and / or non-contentious legal work in order to protect and further the objectives of Services and Departments to ensure that instructions from Services and Departments are carried out accurately and within the timescale set.
- You will provide guidance to other more junior legal staff and administrative support on contentious and/or non-contentious legal matters in order that Services and Departments receive effective and high- quality legal advice and services.
About you
The successful candidate:
- Degree or related Legal qualification or an appropriate level of technical expertise and experience within the relevant field equivalent to the aforementioned formal qualifications.
- At least two years good experience in relevant legal practice in Education law including SEND case and school admission appeals.
- Awareness of legal procedures, court procedures and tribunal
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
We are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
Applicants should ensure all sections of the application form are completed as failure to do so will result in their application being rejected. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however, please do not be discouraged from applying again.
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