Senior Legal Support Officer
Torbay Council
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Torquay • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £28,598 - £31,022 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Provide technical administrative support for legal professionals across care/safeguarding children’s legal work.
- Help collate and produce necessary bundles for court hearings.
- Discharge all associated legal administrative functions.
- Demonstrate excellent communication and strong IT skills.
- Work at a fast pace under pressure to strict and competing deadlines.
- Accommodate a hybrid location model of working, including regular office attendance where needed.
Requirements
- Experience of a role with conflicting work priorities.
- Experience of a role with highly sensitive and confidential information.
- Educated to at least A level standard or equivalent.
- Proven organisational and time management skills.
- High level of IT proficiency.
- Ability to meet challenging deadlines and work with competing demands.
- Familiarity with standard legal administrative procedures.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications.
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
Benefits
- Generous salary.
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service.
- A Career Average Re-valued Earnings (CARE) pension scheme through Peninsula Pensions.
- A great working environment with flexible hours.
- Family friendly benefits.
- A wide range of lifestyle discounts and health and wellbeing benefits.
- Learning and development opportunities.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
legal administrative proceduresIT proficiencytime management
Soft Skills
communicationorganizational skillsability to work under pressureability to meet deadlines
Certifications
A level standard or equivalent