Legal Assistant - RT02225

Legal Support Officer Ref: RT02225G5 SCP 9-17: £26,409 - £30,060 per annum (pending local government annual pay rise)Full time, permanentThe 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 support officer who is self-motivated to assist the solicitors and legal executives. You will be working with a highly motivated, close knit and well supported team.The successful candidate will undertake a wide variety of work including drafting forms and documents, filing documents in court, time recording, booking court appointments, typing, liaising with barrister chambers, preparing court bundles, preparing Excel spreadsheets, updating files and records as well as undertaking other admin work.There are excellent opportunities for the successful candidate to join a busy and vibrant legal department.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 serveWe advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.Vacancies may be closed earlier than the published closing date should we receive a large number of applications. Therefore, it is strongly advised that candidates submit applications at the earliest opportunity.Should you have any queries or questions about the roles, please contact:Iqbal Javed - Head of Law (Contentious) Tel: 07737 332642 or :Job Description and Employee SpecificationClosing date: 23 July 2025Interview date: W/C 28 July 2025This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.Important note:When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification.If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted.Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them.See ourInformation for Applicantsleaflet for further information.We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting Agency applications or referrals at this time #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-07-18