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Legal Assistant - Litigation Team

Salary: Band: 8, £32,020 - £34,722

37 Hours per week

DBS Disclosure at Standard level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Portsmouth City Council

At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.

With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

Your New Role

Working closely with a range of departments of both Portsmouth City Council and Gosport Borough Council (there is a shared Legal practice), you will provide quality advice and support. You will assist the Litigation team by drafting a range of legal documents related to all areas of Court work and will conduct legal research in a variety of areas. You will liaise with Courts, Tribunals, Counsel's chambers, external legal representatives and assist with progressing cases through Curt and dealing with general queries across a wide range of issues. You will assist colleagues and develop your knowledge in all areas of litigation and you may have your own case load and the opportunity to undertake advocacy in Court.

W hat you'll need to succeed

You will have experience of administrative tasks with an ability to carry out legal research whilst assisting as part to a team as required. You will be organised with a good attention to detail and be able to priorities whilst having an interest in developing inter-disciplinary legal skills. An excellent communicator with the ability to engage and develop relationships, you will have an excellent standard of literacy with the ability to draft legal documents, with support and correspondence to a professional standard.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role

What you'll get in return

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Flexible working hours.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

Application process:

Please read the full job profile ( click here ) for further details on the post.

How to apply: Please read the job profile and remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement you application. Please read this alongside the 'How to apply' document on the home page of the website. PLEASE DO NOT JUST SUBMIT A CV.

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

Closing date : 25 August 2023 @ 23:59 pm.

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Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact [email protected]