Legal Assistant - Swindon, United Kingdom - Colbern Limited

Colbern Limited
Colbern Limited
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Swindon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Legal Assistant
Swindon
Contract
£13.47 per hour

Our client is looking for an experienced Legal Assistant.

To provide a comprehensive legal support to a team within the legal department and the legal department as a whole.

To assist the legal team to offer legal services to members and officers of the Council in terms of transactional work and advice, providing and preparing legal advice and legal documentation.


To provide comprehensive legal service and advice to the council, with supervision and hold their own cases in relation to two or more areas.

To provide transactional support and advice, including providing and preparing legal documentation and assisting officers of the Council.

Key Accountabilities

  • To assist lawyers within the relevant team as required in the preparation and case management of cases held within the team.
  • To assist and advise various Council departments and to handle routine legal matters and take responsibility in respect of the council's legal functions, that are undertaken by the relevant team, as directed.
  • To correspond and liaise with client departments, external solicitors, barristers, experts and other agencies.
  • To draft and assist in the preparation of legal documents.
  • To manage a caseload of noncomplex/routine legal work.
  • To undertake advocacy in noncomplex/routine matters.
  • To analytically consider documents and evidence provided by the client department and other parties and assist in the drafting and collation of evidence.
  • To assist the team in the development and maintenance of templates for legal documentation, liaising with client departments and provide updates on legal and policy and internal process developments as required.
  • To prepare and maintain reports and statistics including from the case management system as required by the relevant team.
  • Promote the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards throughout the work and service of the Council and to conduct professional work in accordance with the codes set by the Legal Department including full use of the Council's case management system.
  • Assist in research on legal questions arising from the work of the Council or its components or associated public bodies.
  • To work autonomously to prioritise their workload ensuring deadlines and agreed time frames are met to avoid unnecessary delays and increased Council costs.
  • Carry out other duties appropriate to the level of responsibility of the post as required from time to time.
  • To ensure confidentiality in all aspects of work undertaken.
  • Knowledge of relevant areas of law would be highly desirable.
  • Some exposure to legal work and experience in working within a legal office or within an inhouse legal team.
  • Strong intellectual problemsolving abilities, including the ability to weigh arguments and substantiate judgments.
  • Ability to adapt and understand the working environment of the departments' clients and to work creatively to meet the corporate objectives of those departments and clients.
  • Ability to function independently, take responsibility for and prioritise own work.
  • Ability to handle a pressurised workload working to tight deadlines.
  • A desire to learn about relevant areas of law and the functioning of local government.
  • Strong diagnostic skills leading to sound judgement and decision making.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Effective Communicator
  • Clearly conveys information and ideas.
  • A commercial acumen, understand the commercial and community impact.
The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV.

Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities.

Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer.
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