Legal Assistant - Walsall, United Kingdom - Walsall Council

Walsall Council

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Walsall, United Kingdom

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Legal Assistant - Ref: RT16923

G5 SCP 917: £25,119 £28,770 per annum
Full time, permanent

The Legal Services section of Walsall Council provides a wide variety of advice as well as undertakes legal work for various council departments.

Due to an increase in work, the council are looking to appoint a legal assistant who is self-motivated to assist the solicitors and legal executives to deal with legal issues.

You will be working with a highly motivated, close knit and well supported team.

Walsall is a great place to work, with much to offer and extensive regeneration, having recently delivered a newly rebuilt hospital and college, development of the Walsall Waterfront offering new residential accommodation, hotels and leisure facilities and is seeing ongoing investment in its town centre and retail provision.

As an employer we provide an attractive employment package that includes:

A generous annual leave entitlement offering a minimum 26 days leave per year (for this post) plus 9 concessionary days and in addition to a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days leave per year
Access to an award winning pension scheme
Recent development of the working environment which has created a modern professional space in which to work with improved technology that allows agile working
Promotion of training and development opportunities to all our employees to help them progress and gain new skills
A genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for our staff and customers we aim to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities we serve

Should you have any queries or questions about the roles, please contact:
Iqbal Javed - Head of Law (Contentious)

Tel:
View Job Description & Employee Specification

Closing date: 21 February 202
Interview date: W/C 26 February 2024

This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers.

The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits.

Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.

**Living in Walsall

Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community.

The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment.

To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

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