We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Tower Hamlets to assist with the appointment of a Legal Assistant - Commercial & Contracts, on a 3.5-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration. Rate of Pay : £17.76 - £23.53 per hour Responsibilities: To carry out routine case work in teams areas of specialism. Deal with routine case matters such as pre- action letters, drafting routine legal documents, completion of standard witness statements and correspondence. To assist fee earners with tasks such as preparing bundles for court, delivering papers, general outdoor clerk duties, attending Counsel at court, dealing with routine applications and case work using available standard precedents, drafting routine instructions to Counsel. Filing reports at court in Section 7 and Section 37 matters, renewal of uncontested Interim Care Orders including communication with other parties legal representatives, serving statements and filing documents. To have conduct of all routine, non-contentious right to buy disposals whether for the Council or any external client buying these services, including the issuing of standard legal documentation and progressing the matter to completion; ensuring accuracy throughout. Qualifications: LPC / SQE (parts 1 & 2) graduate Experience of working effectively within a legal team, demonstrating an appropriate level of professional competence. Ability to work unsupervised on a varied and extensive caseload of routine matters appropriate to the level of the post and to work effectively under pressure prioritising tasks. Experience of office administration including maintaining effective systems for office and finance monitoring Fully IT literate with experience of using work processing, spreadsheets, database and e-mail packages Please note: You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice. You should have right to work in U.K Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important : We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. RQ1422311