Legal assistant Work, Jobs in Stafford (with Salaries)

Paralegal (Childcare)
Staffordshire County Council —Stafford
- £27,254 - £30,024 a year
- Administrative experience
2d
Paralegal/Caseworker/Litigation Executive- Housing Law
One Law Solicitors —Burton-On-Trent
- £24,800 - £28,000 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Travel
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
3d
Post Completion Assistant
Davisons Law —Wolverhampton
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Annual leave
- Referral programme
Quick apply
4d
Legal Assistant (Conveyancing)
GloverPriest —Lichfield
- Word processing
- Communication skills
Legal Assistant - Private Client
GloverPriest —Stourbridge
- Word processing
- Microsoft Office
- Typing
Conveyancing Assistant
Charltons Solicitors Limited —Stoke-on-Trent
- Up to £25,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- English
- Microsoft Office
Quick apply
3d
Paralegal
Trowers & Hamlins LLP —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
11d
Legal Secretary
GT Stewart Limited —Birmingham
- £24,784.49 - £24,784.50 a year
- Hybrid work
- Organisational skills
- Typing
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Paralegal
TLT —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
5d
Legal Administrator (12 month FTC)
Gowling WLG —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Administrative experience
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
2d
Legal Personal Assistant
Bell Cornwall Recruitment —Birmingham
- £27,000 - £32,000 a year
- IT
10d
Paralegal
Wahed —Birmingham
- Full-time
- English
- Organisational skills
Legal Administrator
Voyage Care —Lichfield
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Organisational skills
4d
Litigation Assistant, Catastrophic Injury
Kennedys Law - UK —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Communication skills
Legal-Administrative Assistant-Birmingham
Goldman Sachs —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Employee assistance programme
Legal Secretary
Bell Cornwall Recruitment —Birmingham
- £28,000 - £32,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
Legal Support Assistant - 6 month FTC
HCR —Birmingham
- Temporary
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Annual leave
- Gym membership
Legal Secretary
Eventus Recruitment Group —Birmingham
- £27,000 - £29,000 a year
- Microsoft Office
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Conveyancing Assistant
Poole Alcock —Alsager
- Full-time
- Communication skills
Legal Secretary
Brumjobs —Birmingham
- Hybrid work
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
10d

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Paralegal (Childcare)

Staffordshire County Council -
Stafford

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Job details

£27,254 - £30,024 a year
2 days ago

Qualifications

Law
GCSE
Administrative experience

Full job description

Job Introduction

This role offers the opportunity to join our childcare paralegal team. Our paralegals play a vital role within a friendly and supportive childcare legal service, helping to ensure the effective progression of cases before the Court.

We are ideally seeking candidates with experience of working in a busy childcare legal team within a local authority.

The team operates on a hybrid basis, with a combination of weekly office attendance and additional in-person working as required to support colleagues and casework.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

Provide a full range of administrative and legal support to the childcare legal team to assist the effective progression of cases.
Operate within a case management and bundling system to ensure that cases are progressed accurately and on time.
Undertake supervised legal casework appropriate to experience, helping to progress matters efficiently.
Carry out legal and procedural research to support service delivery.
Assist across the wider Legal Services Unit where required, responding flexibly to workload pressures.
Support Team Seniors with team administration as needed.
Maintain high professional standards, including compliance with Lexcel quality requirements and accurate time recording.
Handle confidential information securely and in line with legal and organisational policies.
Participate in training and development and contribute to the learning of others where appropriate.
Comply with health and safety responsibilities and contribute to service improvement and wider organisational objectives.

The Ideal Candidate

The essential criteria we are looking for you to have is,

You will hold a relevant paralegal qualification (or equivalent) or have demonstrable experience within the childcare legal field, together with GCSE English (grade C/4 or above, or equivalent)
Ability to clearly, confidently and effectively communicate in all media forms - verbally, digitally and in writing
Demonstrable experience of working in a high pressured, administrative environment
Ability to use own initiative
Experience of handling and processing sensitive data in accordance with policy and guidance

While not essential, A Level Law or a law degree would be advantageous.

You will ideally have experience working within a busy childcare legal team and be confident managing competing demands while maintaining high professional standards.

Further details are set out in the full job description.

Interviews will be held on 14th July 2024.

We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications and for an informal chat about the role please contact Farzana Bi, Team Senior Solicitor at [email protected]

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role. Please note: The minimum essential criteria in the ideal candidate section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes, detailed below.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

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