Sanctuary Personnel is looking for a competent Legal Assistant to join our team in Swindon.
As an Legal Assistant, you will play a key role in providing 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
The rate of pay for this role is £24.80+ P/H.
Responsibilities:
- 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 non-complex/routine legal work.
- To undertake advocacy in non-complex/routine matters.
Requirements:
- Proven experience.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Knowledge of basic bookkeeping principles is an advantage.
