Legal Work, Jobs in Cornwall (with Salaries)

Legal Professional Support
Cornwall Council —Truro
- Full-time
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Legal Support Assistant
Stephens Scown —Truro
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
Family Paralegal
Coodes Solicitors —Truro
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Organisational skills
- IT
4d
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Paralegal
Coodes Solicitors —Falmouth
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Business development
- Organisational skills
12d
Family Apprentice Secretary
Coodes Solicitors —St. Austell
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Organisational skills
- IT
4d
Senior Contracts Manager
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust —Par
- £57,528 - £64,750 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Employee discount
10d
Assistant Legal Cashier
Thurstan Hoskin Solicitors —Redruth
- £24,000 - £26,000 a year
- Overtime
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Annual leave
- Flexitime
Quick apply
5d
Private Client Lawyer
Penderlaw Solicitors —Truro
- £35,000 - £50,000 a year
- Part-time
- Organisational skills
- In-person
- Leadership
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
9h
Litigation Lawyer
Rowan & Sproull Limited —Bodmin
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Negotiation
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
12h
Lawyer
Cornwall Council —Truro
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Commercial Property Senior Associate or Partner
Coodes Solicitors —St. Austell
- Full-time
- Communication skills
Private Client Lawyer
Coodes Solicitors —Liskeard
- Full-time
- Travel
- Communication skills
- Tax experience

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Legal Professional Support

Cornwall Council -
Truro

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Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee discount

Full job description

The Service & Team:

This role will be working within the Legal Service.

The Role:

To provide comprehensive professional support to fee earners in the Legal Service in relation to legal case matters (for example; coordination of cases in case management system, supporting fee earners in the delivery of legal work by undertaking such tasks as are allocated, audio digital typing, electronic filing, preparing bundles and administering the Legal Helpline).

Additionally, to provide support to other strands of the Legal & Assurance Service when required.

In this role you will:

Provide professional support to legal staff to ensure the efficient running of legal matters.

Maintain confidentiality of information acquired in the course of undertaking duties for the Service.

Be responsible for your own continuing self-development, undertaking training as appropriate.

Undertake digital and copy typing/word processing and the use of other computer applications.

Provide cover during the absence of other Legal Professional Support Team members as required.

Arrange meetings/telephone conferences and maintain fee earners’ and own diaries.

Prepare bundles and other legal case-related documents.

Liaise with private firms of solicitors.

Liaise with internal clients.

Operate the Legal Helpline redirecting enquiries appropriately as well as dealing with other telephone/email/face-to-face enquiries and message taking as required when staff are not available.

Provide general information and respond to general queries on behalf of the teams where appropriate.

Maintain accurate electronic files and updating of records including the case management system.

Administer, attend and minute meetings including the transcription of sensitive, confidential audio data.

Process incoming and outgoing mail within relevant timescales and deadlines.

Arrange appropriate bookings of Barristers/Counsel for Court Hearings.

Assist in the familiarisation and training of newly appointed and temporary staff, including the allocation and checking of work.

Maintain the resources as required.

Retrieve documents from and file documents in the strong room, in accordance with service procedures.

Undertake other duties appropriate to the grading of the post as required.

Provide professional support to teams of legal staff.

Participate in file destruction projects in line with the Council’s data protection responsibilities and office procedures.

Support the implementation and operation of the case management system.

Support the implementation and delivery of workflows in the case management system.

Work flexibly across the Legal Service to provide professional support.
Work to support income generation across the Legal Service

This position will be subject to a criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern:

Full time, Monday to Friday, 37 hours a week.

What you'll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

a competitive salary.
a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Alison White - [email protected]

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

About Us

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

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