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
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
legal administrative proceduresIT proficiencytime management
Soft skills
communicationorganizational skillsability to work under pressureability to meet deadlines
Certifications
A level standard or equivalent