The Role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
The role would suit a candidate who is looking to gain some experience within the council’s large Lexcel accredited Legal Department. The Contracts Team is seeking a Legal Assistant (on a secondment basis) for a period of up to 12 months. The role will involve providing full-time legal and administrative support to the contracts lawyers predominately responding to requests for legal services, preparing routine legal letters, maintaining information and records system, formalising contracts and drafting non-complex legal documents. Training and support will be provided to enable the successful candidate to fulfil these duties.
About You:
-You will have literacy skills in order to research and produce reports, management information, non-standard correspondence, minutes and accurate records of meetings.
-You will have numeracy skills in order to compile statistical and financial information. You will need to be good at listening to instructions and have excellent time management skills.
-You should possess a working knowledge of Microsoft Office at a level to compile; reports (including embedded tables/diagrams), correspondence, presentations, maintaining spreadsheets, and meeting arrangements. Good interpersonal skills and the ability to encourage positive working relationships with staff and colleagues is necessary.
-You will understand the importance of client care and how to provide it. You will have experience of managing your own caseload.
Additional Information:
-You will either have a law degree or its equivalent or Stage 1 ILEX.
-This is a full-time secondment opportunity for up to 12 months, in the first instance, commencing by the end of July 2023.
The Job Description and Person Specification for the role is attached. Please submit your application by completing a supporting statement detailing how your qualification, skills and experience makes you suitable for this opportunity.
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment”
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
- https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
- https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and- more/
Recruitment Timetable
- Advert Closing Date: 11:59pm on 14 May 2023
- Interview Date: 5 June 2023
We are an organisation that is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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