Legal Administrator - West Suffolk, United Kingdom - West Suffolk Council

West Suffolk Council

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West Suffolk, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role:

We are looking for an efficient, enthusiastic and solutions focused individual to join our Legal Services team, which is shared across West Suffolk Council and Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils (the Councils) (Legal Services).

In this varied role you will be part of the legal business support team developing administrative knowledge across the specialist areas of Regulatory and Information Governance, Commercial, Property and Planning law.

You will work with and provide support to lawyers and other colleagues, producing template documents, responding to enquiries, managing information and data on a case management system.

You will also develop your knowledge in other areas within the legal team to develop resilience in the support function.

What you will need:

You will possess excellent administration, communication and IT skills including use of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel, with proven experience of working with databases; have the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines and be highly organised, with an attention to detail and accuracy.

These are all essential for this role.

You will also be a highly-motivated self-starter with a huge amount of enthusiasm and an ability to work as part of a team and a willingness to adopt a flexible approach to your work.

Experience in a legal environment or working on a case management system is not essential as training will be provided, however you will have the enthusiasm, willingness and energy to learn and develop your knowledge.

Why work for us? Our benefits include**:

generous pension scheme (LGPS) including life assurance (a payment of three times your annual salary)

- flexible working options to enable work/life balance
- agile working (ability to work in the office and from home) with work being an activity we do, not a place we go
- access to a unique employee benefits package which includes discounts and cashback on supermarkets, high street shops, holidays, mobile phones, electrical goods, savings and loan schemes and many other products and services

Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, Tusker Leased Car Scheme and SmartTech (buy the latest tech products interest free and spread the cost over your salary).
Rail and bus staff discounts

- a range of Health and Wellbeing initiatives including an employee assistance programme
- discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres
- a culture of learning inspiring staff to focus on continuous learning

Modern office accommodation

If this is a challenge that you are interested in, we would like to hear from you.

For more information:

Closing date:
Sunday 16 June 2024

Interview date:
Wednesday 10 July 2024

West Suffolk Council has been rated in the top 10 councils for climate action and as a member of UK100 has demonstrated its commitment to a rapid transition to Net Zero with Clean Air in our communities.

The council has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency and is committed to working towards net zero emissions by 2030.